ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the possible outcomes of counterpart training programs in relation to the scientific communities of developing countries. It discusses the term counterpart training to describe two contexts in which such training can occur. In the first, the foreign scientists spends a year or longer in a Third World country helping to train local scientists in a university or national research center. The second context comprises travel overseas to western universities to receive post-graduate training, typically under the supervision of foreign scientists with professional experience in Third World countries. The contribution of foreign scientists serving in advisory capacities to scientific research in many Third World countries is very visable. In Kenya, for instance, foreign scientists account for nearly a third of all scientific papers produced in that country in 1975. Foreign scientific assistance to emergent scientific communities may have a considerable impact on the educational systems of developing countries.
