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Technological Relations with Capitalist Countries

In: Technology in Comecon

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  • J. Wilczynski

    (Central School of Planning and Statistics
    University of New South Wales)

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As has been shown in the preceding chapter, in most fields the Comecon countries are well below Western technological standards. Western technology has always commanded the Socialist countries’ respect and admiration, even though this has hardly ever been conceded openly. But up to the late 1950s these countries were not greatly interested in acquiring technology from the West. Their economies were not sophisticated enough, their development was primarily based on extensive sources (see Ch. ia, pp. 2–3) and the exchange of technological data within Comecon (which was free at that) largely met their current needs. Moreover, Western nations were administering a strict embargo on the export of advanced technology to the Socialist bloc (see Section e below). When these countries did obtain technology from the West, its acquisition was rather haphazard and in many cases amounted to downright poaching.

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  • J. Wilczynski, 1974. "Technological Relations with Capitalist Countries," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Technology in Comecon, chapter 11, pages 296-347, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-01794-2_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-01794-2_11
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