Contents : 1. Intellectual property : a catalyst for economic development; 2. Intellectual property : its main branches; 3. Importance of industrial property and copyright in the contemporary world economy; 4. International protection of intellectual property; 5. Industrial property protection and infrastructural development related to economic growth in certain developing countries; 6. Licensing, acquisition and transfer of technology; 7. Industrial property and small and medium-sized industries : their interaction with the national industrial property offices; 8. Industrial property and environmentally sound technology; 9. Institutional framework, human resource development and awareness building;.