Contents Publisher's Note v Contents vii List of tables and figures ix Foreword xv Lal Jayawardena and Charles Cooper Preface xvii SurendraJ. Patel I The golden age of south's development xvii n The framework of approach xix HI Technological transformation: Volume ffl - xxii Latin America IVAcknowledgements xxiii Appendix xxv Notes xxix Mexico 1 Miguel S. Wionczek and Miguel H. Marquez I Introduction 3 n The start of the industrialization process 9 in Growth without structural change 16 IV The technological development process 25 V Technological development policies VI Concluding assessment VII Annex - Domestic technological capability: the contribution of the Institute Mexicano del Petrdleo (IMP) (Mexican Petroleum Institute) VIE Appendix Notes References Puerto Rico 101 Sandor Boyson Preface 103 I Introduction and aims of the study 105 II The Puerto Rico case study: overview of the transformation process 108 IE Overcoming technological stagnation: Operation Bootstrap and the rise of the industrialization strategy 129 IV Part one: The rise of high-tech manufacturing 146 IV Part two: The pharmaceutical industry: a driving force in the rise of high-tech manufacturing 153 VThe rise of the information sector 168 VI Conclusions 197 VII Appendix 221 Notes and references 232 Venezuela 237 Alfonso Cordido J. and Luis Matos A. I Introduction 239 II Socio-economic change and technological transformation 241 inStructural changes 245 IV Procurement of technological capacity 251 V Management of the technological transformation process 260 VI Conclusion 264 VII Tables and figures 266 Notes 312 References 314