ABSTRACT

Chinas experience might in many ways are a suis generis case, so that it would be naive at best and meaningless at worst, for countries in the Maghreb to seek a model in China for wholesale adoption. The application of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) in the countries of the Maghreb, however, appears to have pandered to ideological fad rather than to the provision of sound scientific and technological bases for sustainable development. The post-Mao regime was, on the other hand, an attempt to restore China to the traditional path of S&T by removing the political constraint imposed by the institution of Communism. The reform of R&D activities in China started with the reform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences research and management policy. A greater decentralisation has been introduced in higher education in order to allow universities to adapt their teaching programmes and management procedures to the provinces prevailing needs.