ABSTRACT
Technology plays an important role in economic and social development in the developing countries, particularly the Arab countries. Technology, therefore, is the main means of raising the national product, as it increases usable natural resources and helps discover new uses of existing resources and new methods of production. Technology consists of all the inventions and innovations necessary for the process of economic and social development at the various stages of development. The innovative transfer of Western technology may suit our economic and social requirements but must be done within a comprehensive Arab plan. The development of imported technology must be built on a scientific base, which requires organizing and enlarging the information base and the institutional framework from both the organizational and the legal standpoints. Scientific treatment is the application of science, and the application of science is technology itself.
