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S & T CAPABILITY IN SMCs

Country Patents Granted (a) Share of residents in patents granted (a) Share of engineering goods in manufacturing value (b) added Share of capital goods in merchandise exports ©
  1985 1995 1985 1995 1985 1995 1985 1995
BANGLADESH 75 80.0 10.7 7.5 6.7 8.1 1.0  (1) 0.0  (2)
BHUTAN N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A
INDIA 3454 1613 24.9 25.7 28.9 24.9 8.0  (1) 7.0  (2)
MALDIVES N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A N .A
NEPAL N .A 1 N .A N .A 4 7.3 N .A N .A
PAKISTAN  N .A 474 N .A 2.5 9.3 11.4 1.0  (1) 0.0  (2)
SRI LANKA 127 159 15 20.7 3.4 6.1 0.0  (1) 2.0  (2)

Notes :  a= WIPO's,  International Property Statistics, various years.
b=  UNIDO's, Industrial Development Global Report, 1997".
c=  World Bank's, World Development Indicators, 1997.
Source : SAARC  Survey of Development and Cooperation 1998/99, RISNODC , New Delhi, 1999.

 
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