CIA S RESEARCH PROGRAM ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

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• Document Release Date: March 19, 2007
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CIA's Research Program on
Economic Corn etitiveness an Industrial Technology
Longer term problems are of particularly great concern.
In particular, there is the gnawing problem of declining US
competitiveness and sluggish productivity.
1. Unfortunately, this is a subject on which we have not
done much work so far, and the rest of the government is no
better off. We have done good analysis on energy, but only
bits and pieces on industrial developments abroad, and on key
factors affecting US competitiveness, especially major changes
in technology. We are participating in a study of trends in
high technology industries sponsored by the Department of
Commerce, and are laying out our own program of long-term
research in the area of industrial competitiveness. This pro-
gram will include studies of:
a. Foreign Government Industrial and Technological
Strategies
b. Likely future competitive environment in key
industries and technologies abroad. These studies
will include:
? International Competition for Commercial
Aircraft
? Advent of the Mini Car Market
c. The key factors affecting productivity and
competitiveness in major foreign countries.
These studies will include:
? Industrial Investment in the 1980s: A Look
at Capital Markets
? OECD Countries: Review and Analysis of Slowdown
in Productivity Growth
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? Major Developed Countries: Savings Rates
and Public Policy
? OECD Countries: Demographics, Labor Force
and Yough Employment in the 1980s
? Newly Industrializing Countries: Implications
of Shifts in Production Structure
? Western Europe: Regional and Sectoral Trends
in Unemployment
2. Our research program will take several years to complete,
but important parts, including those just mentioned, will be
available next year. We would very much appreciate the Board
members' guidance, both collectively and individually, on this
complex matter.
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