The financing can be in the form of commercial bank loans, capital provided through the equity markets, or any one of a number of new and innovative financing schemes. Once the terms of transfer have been agreed upon and financing has been identified, the success of the transfer can be measured using a series of performance indicators. Macroeconomic considerations GDP change, jobs created or lost, effects on inflation or interest rates, implications for long-term development, foreign exchange and trade, other economic benefits or drawbacks. Equity considerations Differential impacts on countries, income groups or future generations. Buyers require accurate, balanced, and comprehensive information about the technologies they are considering acquiring.
Information costs money.
The costs to generate useful and useable information about technologies can be costly but, once developed and in the public domain, helps to reduce the buyer's costs. While difficult to measure its effectiveness, the wider dissemination of information about technologies can assist in the more rapid transfer of technology. Dissemination about the various pathways for transfer could also help reduce the costs of negotiating terms of transfer. Buyers must have access to technology. There are various impediments that sometimes limit the buyers' access.