STATE OF THE WORLDS FORESTS 2003 could result in reduced attention to public goods On a per capita basis, countries in the high research in these areas technology group invest about 20 times more than those in the group immediately below. This The technology divide is consistent with other parameters, such as the Almost all science and technology efforts and number of patents per 1 000 inhabitants and the their results point to a wide gap between average nun nber of patents per country group in developed and developing countries. Table 9 1997-1998. As can be seen, the bulk of the classifies 87 countries on the basis of per capita worlds population lives in countries with low investment in technology efforts and patents he high-technology group consists entirely of development. This disparity is manifest in the industrialized countries, while all those in the level of output low and negligible groups are developing The involvement of developing regions in countries. The moderate group includes some science and technology efforts is clearly very low industrialized countries and some in transition. Although not a perfect indicator, the differences expensive biotechnology for Table 9 Average technology effort per country divided into technology groups, 1997-1998 293.25 6803 Low 2536.4 0.24 55.6 0.002003 FORESTS S’WORLD THE OF STATE 98 goods public to attention reduced in result could .areas these in research divide technology The and efforts technology and science all Almost between gap wide a to point results their 9 Table. countries developing and developed capita per of basis the on countries 87 classifies .patents and efforts technology in investment of entirely consists group technology-high The the in those all while, countries industrialized developing are groups negligible and low some includes group moderate The. countries .transition in some and countries industrialized more times 20 about invest group technology￾high the in countries, basis capita per a On This. below immediately group the in those than the as such, parameters other with consistent is the and inhabitants 000 1 per patents of number in group country per patents of number average the of bulk the, seen be can As. 1998–1997 low with countries in lives population s’world and research in investment negligible and the in manifest is disparity This. development .output of level in regions developing of involvement The .low very clearly is efforts technology and science differences the, indicator perfect a not Although patents of Number per Patents and Research population Total countries of Number group Technology country per inhabitants 000 1 capita per development) millions( ($US( 803 6 99.0 25.293 1.855 23 High 50 02.0 01.14 0.756 20 Moderate 11 00.0 24.0 4.536 2 23 Low 0 00.0 00.0 6.655 21 Negligible .2001, Lall on Based: Source narrowing, divide Technology (glauca Picea (spruce white: options somatic through developed seedlings but sophisticated a – embryogenesis SER FOREST CANADIAN￾large for biotechnology expensive trees of production scale KLIMASZEWSKA. K/VICE 9 TABLE 1998–1997, groups technology into divided country per effort technology Average