Prospects for Building Technology Policy in Central and Eastern Europe 1

The transformation of the post-socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has till now been dominated by transition policies. These include privatisation, the restructuring of enterprises and the liberalisation of prices, trade, foreign exchange and banking. The aim is institutional transformation of these economies towards the open market model. Issues of growth and of industrial, technological or regional restructuring are not explicitly addressed (see EBRD 1995, 1996).