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Science & Innovation Policy: South-South cooperation

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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

Patient receives check-up, India 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.

7 July 2010 | EN | ES | 中文

African countries should unite for drug development

African nations must pool resources to promote local pharmaceutical innovation, say Ibrahim Assane Mayaki and Carel IJsselmuiden.

21 April 2010 | EN | FR

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.

14 May 2008 | EN | 中文


News and Features

earthquakes 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.

27 August 2010 | EN | ES

Yang Liwei 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.

10 August 2010 | EN | 中文