Research report on choice of technology and the role played by multinational enterprises in employment creation in developing countries - includes case studies of Brazil, Singapore, India, Nigeria and Kenya; discusses direct and indirect effects and the impact of government policy; concludes that backward and forward linkages between MNE subsidiarys and local level enterprises are more important than the MNE's choice of technology.

The study examined the question of the choice of technology by multinational corporations (MNCs) and its implications for employment in Brazil. This was done within the theoretical framework of the international industrial organization model.