ABSTRACT
The epigram by the Chinese philosopher, Kuan-Tzu epitomizes the philosophical issues and cultural perspectives which underlie the transfer of technical knowledge between developed and lesser developed countries. Simply put, despite an increasing interest in the issue of the transfer of technical knowledge, basic research in the area has been scanty, and extremely general. It has also been complicated by the amorphousness of terms and a failure to differentiate between technologies per se and technical knowledge. According to Homer Barnet and Ronald E. Muller in Global Reach one of the more significant policy changes in the transfer of technology per se has been an increasing insistence by recipient countries that "technical" knowledge be transferred along with the technical hardware. In the past, the donor country retained exclusive control over pertinent technical knowledge, thereby creating an information gap and a technologically dependent relationship.
