Impact of Science and Technology on Regional Economic Development An Assessment of National Policies Regarding Research and Development in the Context of Regional Economic Development (1969) / Chapter Skim
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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. Recommendations Concerning National Policies for R&D To the extent possible, federal research and development programs should be organized in ways that are consistent with national objectives with respect to regional economic development.
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Since a rapid rate of technological innovation and technology diffusion is a key ingredient of economic development, federal agencies engaged in R&D activities should attempt to shape their policies with due attention to their possible economic implications, particularly including the transfer of technology from the immediate purposes of the agencies to other purposes and to the civilian economy. Federal investment in R&D should take cognizance of the distinctions between what we have called distributed national goals in R&D and central national goals in R&D.
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II. The federal government should delineate distributed national goals in R&D that will aid all regions of the nation to meet their needs in such areas as education, transportation, delivery of public health services, law enforcement and the administration of justice, clean water and air, and housing and urban development.
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In the pursuit of this central national goal, the federal support of science should take account of other national goals, e.g., the education of future scientists, maintaining the over-all strength of the universities, and training engineers and other specialists needed in private industry.
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Recommendations Regarding the Implementation of National Policies for R&D V R&D programs aimed at distributed national goals should be carried out in two categories of R&D institutions -- one oriented toward problems that many regions share in common, the other directed to the problems of given regions.
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New programs aimed at distributed national goals should be initiated to increase the responsiveness of new and existing R&D institutions to the social needs and problems of the regions in which they are located.
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These should be carefully administered to assure selectivity in funding to those programs which, in the course of their development, demonstrate greatest potential for superior performance in graduate research. Research funding for new and developing educational institutions should be provided in large measure by national programs aimed at distributed national goals in R&D.
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However, the continuation of regionally oriented block grants beyond an initial several-year period of buildup should be based in large measure on past performance and the provision of local contributions. Although they should emphasize research efforts aimed at distributed goals in R&D, developing institutions should not be excluded from participation in R&D programs directed at central national goals.
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The Federal-State Regional Commissions, made possible under the Public Works and Economic Development Act and the Appalachian Regional Development Act, can provide a basic framework in the designated underdeveloped regions for more effective utilization of scientific and technical competence. Such Federal-State Commissions might be appropriate in other sections of the country for intergovernmental planning and coordination of joint programs,
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98 and not solely to promote economic development. The establishment of new regional commissions should take account of the experience of the earlier efforts, and need not necessarily be patterned exactly after these initial attempts.
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