SciDev.Net
Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
Regional partnerships and inter-sectoral agreements are improving skills, increasing scientific collaboration between developing countries and strengthening their collective political clout.
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Opinions and Analysis
Nanotech for health needs the right environment
Nanotechnology's potential to improve public health will be maximised only with a conducive environment, argues Jayashree Vivekanandan.
African countries should unite for drug development
African nations must pool resources to promote local pharmaceutical innovation, say Ibrahim Assane Mayaki and Carel IJsselmuiden.
Policy Briefs
Opportunities and challenges in South–South collaboration
South–South research collaboration can be a powerful strategy for boosting scientific capacity and achieving common goals. But it should not be embraced uncritically, says Athar Osama.
News and Features
Science education in Haiti 'must be reinvented'
Haiti should reinvent its education system to gear it towards science, experts have said, at a science policy meeting in Puerto Rico.
Namibia stresses Chinese space centre's earthly uses
While Chinese astronauts visited a space-tracking centre in Namibia, a top science official predicted many spin-offs for the African country.
Afghan and Pakistani scientists to collaborate
29 July 2010
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Africa and Brazil to cross-fertilise agricultural ideas
27 July 2010
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