Tiryakioğlu, MuratYülek, Murat Ali2020-11-212020-11-2120151351-1610https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2015.1056723https://hdl.handle.net/11467/3728Technological gap (Posner, 1961) is a critical determinant of income gap between developing and developed nations. Public authorities in developing countries are preoccupied with developing and implementing policies to increase per capita income. Public procurement of machinery and other manufactured products can be utilized by public authorities to foster technological development with a view to close the technology and income gap with richer nations. Such “development-based public procurement” (DBPP) policies are considered by developed economies as well (Yülek and Tiryakioğlu 2013; Taylor and Yülek 2014) to further their technological development. This article presents a selective literature survey of academic research and policy experience on public procurement policies utilized to foster technological development and examine a country case study on Turkey. © 2015 ICCR Foundation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesspublic procurementtechnological gap and developmentArticle283344359Q4WOS:000361962400009Q12-s2.0-8494275032710.1080/13511610.2015.1056723