ABSTRACT
In this and the next two chapters we shall analyze the material collected in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, in order to try to determine the effects of the adoption of Structural Adjustment Programmes on the countries’ ability to pursue science and technology. We have defined science and technology in the conventional manner, as the output of three sets of organizations—educational institutions purveying scientific and technological knowledge, R&D laboratories, and productive enterprises. The prime function of the second of these three is to advance science and technology; the prime function of the first and third is not; but in carrying out their prime function—education and production respectively—they actively promote increases in science and technology.
