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Selling solar photovoltaics in Kenya

Building support for locally relevant climate tech

Climate Innovation Centers can promote clean technologies but need backing with a coordinated effort, says policy specialist Ambuj Sagar.

3 January 2013 | EN | FR

Women scientist

The right policies can fill the gender gap in science

A six-country assessment shows how women's inclusion in science should be supported, write gender experts Sophia Huyer and Nancy Hafkin.

5 December 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Putting up solar panels in Tanzania

Climate funds must help integrate climate into policy

Developing countries deserve more support for their efforts to prioritise climate change in development, writes climate expert Simon Anderson.

28 November 2012 | EN | FR

In Perspective: USAID moves in the right direction

The US development agency looks set to build on its 'development science' efforts during Barack Obama's second term, writes David Dickson.

23 November 2012 | EN | ES | FR

Underwater volcanic hot springs deposit sulphides with ten times greater metal content than those on land

Deep sea mining: exploration is inevitable

Despite concern over adverse impacts, deep marine mineral exploration is set to become a global industry, says geologist Chris Yeats.

7 November 2012 | EN | 中文

Biomed Analysis: The social side of vaccine effectiveness

Social attitudes towards vaccines are hard to cram into a mathematical model, but scientists need to take them into account, says Priya Shetty.

18 October 2012 | EN

Women farmers convey messages through theatre

Women farmers can influence policy through theatre

Theatre is a powerful tool to mobilise women farmers in Africa, say agriculture specialists Lindiwe Majele Sibanda and Sithembile Mwamakamba.

3 October 2012 | EN | ES | FR

Farmer holds rice seeds, Ghana

Responsible science is vital for development

S&T advances should safeguard health, equity and the rights of vulnerable populations, says rural development professional Bhavani R. V.

26 September 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Women installing solar panels

Putting human rights principles into practice

Looking through a 'human rights lens' can improve S&T programmes, while S&T can help strengthen human rights work, says lawyer Jessica Wyndham.

26 September 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Girls reading with solar lights

Climate change policy should pass a 'human rights test'

Using the human rights framework to tackle challenging ethical questions can guide climate policy, argues political philosopher Simon Caney.

26 September 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

How research for agricultural innovation works best

Grassroots innovation: no support without solid evidence

A lack of evidence to convince policymakers holds back progress on grassroots innovation in agriculture, say Brigid Letty and Martin Bell.

20 September 2012 | EN | FR

Biomed Analysis: India mustn't bow to patent pressure

The latest round of challenges to India's drug patent laws is a fight that must be won for the world's poor, says Priya Shetty.

19 September 2012 | EN | ES

Wind farm in Rio de Fogo, Brazil

Facing up to new realities for progress on tech transfer

Implementation of the Rio+20 outcome must account for changes in the global innovation landscape, says tech policy expert Ahmed Abdel-Latif.

31 August 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Literacy lessons in Zambia

Public libraries — an underused resource for development

Evidence of impact shows that libraries can be local hubs for community development, says communication specialist Jean Fairbairn.

23 August 2012 | EN

Interview with scientist

Research can help scientists engage the public

New research on public attitudes to science yields clues to communicating more effectively, says AAAS executive Alan Leshner.

Source: Science

22 August 2012 | EN

Biomed Analysis: 'Frugal' innovation for good health

The developing world needs support for low-tech health innovations that do not compromise on effectiveness, says Priya Shetty.

15 August 2012 | EN | ES

A child during the Horn of Africa drought in 2011

Supporting an open source approach to development

Development programmes must move away from top-down approaches to empower networks of activity, argues USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah.

Source: USAID

14 August 2012 | EN | ES

Women farmers with coffee trees, Rwanda

Counting on women in development

Gender analysis must become integral to development policy. But the first step is to count women in, says UNCSTD gender adviser Shirley Malcom.

13 August 2012 | EN

A solar lantern demonstration in India

Ensuring the new development goals deliver for the poor

There are five key principles to ensuring that post-MDG development meets the needs of low-income populations, argues David Satterthwaite.

Source: IIED

8 August 2012 | EN | ES

Rainwater harvesting in Kenya

Social innovation: tackling poverty through social change

Innovation researcher Maria Clara Couto Soares calls for a new debate on expanding the reach of grassroots social innovations.

25 July 2012 | EN | ES