In natural sciences, mineral exploration has a high network centrality. For industries with high technological- and knowledge proximity, transfer effects are an important function for innovation. Despite the high level of proximity between mineral exploration and other natural sciences, scholars...

This volume contains summaries of joint research projects involving partners in Latin America. It covers all STDIII and INCO-DC projects, and ISC projects which started in the 1992-1994 period. A table summarizing the number of activities carried out and EC financial contribution is given below.

This study intends to focus on the transfer of environmental technologies from developed to developing countries and the role that the governments of developed countries and the private sector play in this transfer.