ABSTRACT
Since the Second World War, and particularly in the last two decades, there has been intense international activity to increase the scientific and technological capacity of developing countries. Much of this effort has come from international organizations of a political or financial kind: for example the United Nations, with its diverse programmes and ad hoc organizations; or, in Latin America, the Organization of American States, and the Interamerican Development Bank. But government and private organizations in the industrialized countries have also played a part, with technical assistance missions, exchange of researchers, scholarship schemes for graduates, and the like.
