Title Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- PART I STRATEGIES FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT IN MAGHREB COUNTRIES -- CHAPTER 1 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POLICIES AND ENDOGENOUS CAPACITY BUILDING -- CHAPTER 2 STRATEGIES FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-BASED DEVELOPMENT AND THE ISSUES OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES -- CHAPTER 3 LIBERALISATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: ASSESSMENT OF THE NEW REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THROUGH THE ALGERIAN EXPERIENCE -- PART II BUILDING INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND THE NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAGHREB AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 4 COMPLEX INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN MAGHREB COUNTRIES AND THE CHALLENGES OF PARTNERSHIP WITH EUROPE -- CHAPTER 5 INNOVATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 6 UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE MAGHREB STATES: POWER POLITICS AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS -- PART III LOCAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN MAGHREB AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 7 LOCAL INNOVATION DYNAMICS IN MAGHREB COUNTRIES: HARNESSING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE WAKE OF NEW INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS -- CHAPTER 8 THE GOVERNANCE OF TERRITORIAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS ( TIS) AND THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIATE INSTITUTIONS IN MAGHREB COUNTRIES -- CHAPTER 9 NEIGHBOURHOOD SYSTEM OF INNOVATION: REGIONAL POLES AS DYNAMOS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE OF EUROPEAN UNION AND NORTH AFRICA -- PART IV KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 10 INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IN NORTH AFRICA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION TAKE OFF -- CHAPTER 11 HARNESSING KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- CHAPTER 12 EMERGING TRENDS FOR KNOWLEDGE CITIES: THE CASE OF TECHNOPOLES IN MAGHREB COUNTRIES -- LIST OF ACRONYMS -- INDEX.