The objective of this paper is to elucidate empirically the relationship between technology transfer, productivity growth and integration of the Tunisian economy emphasizing the issued technology on the one hand and the absorptive capacity of Tunisia, on the other. Indeed, technology transfer is far from being a simple and automatic process. To do this we have mobilized an original database providing data from technology- sending countries (OECD) to developing ones (MENA) for eleven years. The results achieved show significant causal relationship between technology acquired, the increase of the TPF level on the one hand and the integration degree of Tunisia expressed by its opening rate on the EU market on the other hand. Nevertheless, the relationship between technology transferred and integration is far from being direct and systematic, it depends largely on absorptive capacity of the host country. We have also highlighted the opportunity offered to Tunisia to achieve its objectives of integration in the European and world market while indicating that Tunisia is not taking enough advantages from its proximity to Europe to increase exports and attract FDI which are far from being interesting for the moment.
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