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Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Developing countries' increasing efforts to become knowledge economies reflects a growing appreciation of knowledge as a source of competitiveness and of science innovation as critical to creating knowledge.
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Opinions and Analysis
China will be new science powerhouse
China's spending, publication and collaboration rates are soaring, says Jonathan Adams, and Europe and North America must take notice.
Bridging the digital divide through open access
Kenyan researcher Joseph Juma Musakali asks what African research institutes can do to exploit the open access movement.
Policy Briefs
Innovation systems for agricultural development
An innovation systems approach to agricultural research can be better for sustainable development than a linear pipeline approach.
22 May 2009
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Source: IFPRI
News and Features
Life as a scientist in South-East Asia
From Cambodia to Singapore, Shiow Chin Tan finds the situation for scientists varies enormously across South-East Asia.
Arab world 'long way' from knowledge society
More funding and freedoms are needed if the Arab world is to reach its goal of becoming a knowledge-based society, a report finds.
18 November 2009
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Thinking big — and expensive — in the Saudi desert
23 October 2009
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Source: Science
