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Title Science, technology, and innovation : capacity building for sustainable growth and poverty reduction / edited by Alfred Watkins, Michael Ehst
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 211 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Directions in development. Science, technology, and innovation
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Science, technology, and innovation.
Contents Foreword; Forum Presenters; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; PART I Introduction and Background; Figure I.1 Dimensions of STI Capacity; Figure I.2 Enterprise-Based Model of STI Capacity Building: PPP Options; Figure I.3 Hierarchy of the Structure of Industrial Technology; Figure I.4 Nine Dimensions of Technological Capability; Figure I.5 Groups of Firms According to Technological Capability; PART II Forum Keynotes and Sessions; Figure II. 1 Indigenous S & T Capacity; Figure II. 2 Growth in Indigenous S & T Capacity; Figure II. 3 Old Model versus New Model
Summary This book summarizes, and highlights main messages from, a February 2007 Global Forum convened by the World Bank to discuss strategies, programs, and policies for building science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity to promote sustainable growth and poverty reduction in developing countries
Notes Report based on The Global Forum on Building Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, held in Washington, D.C. on February 13-15, 2007, and sponsored by The World Bank in cooperation with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), the Global Research Alliance (GRA), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Science Initiative Group (SIG), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Research, Industrial -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Science -- Study and teaching -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Science -- Study and teaching -- Developing countries
Sustainable development -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Technological innovations -- Developing countries -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
Research, Industrial
Science -- Study and teaching
Sustainable development
Technical assistance
Technological innovations
Tekniska innovationer -- U-länder -- konferenser.
Hållbar utveckling -- U-länder -- konferenser.
Developing countries
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Ehst, Michael.
Watkins, Alfred J.
World Bank.
LC no. 2008002699
ISBN 9780821373811
0821373811
9780821373811
Other Titles Capacity building for sustainable growth