Entrepreneurial initiatives to provide vital jobs must adjust to the tough enterprise environment or risk underperforming, says Athar Osama.

As the Obama administration begins a second term, USAID's Alex Dehgan describes how the agency will build on its science-for-development agenda.

A UN report's failure to showcase software successes among Islamic nations shows the need for greater self-promotion, argues Athar Osama.

A successful model for making more out of physics for development is ready to roll out to others, writes Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan.

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

Efforts to build innovation systems are too government-centric and tend to ignore a key ingredient — the private sector, says Athar Osama.

Pakistan's science establishment, though taken in by an implausible claim to fuel automobiles with water, cannot afford to lose the creative potential of true innovators, says Athar Osama.

The Magsaysay Awards hold an important lesson — science must get out of the lab and into people's hands, writes Crispin Maslog.

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

Muslim countries can show little impact of science on the ‘bottom of the pyramid'. But there are good models to follow, says Athar Osama.

Islamic countries need to shake up their scientific establishments to commercialise technology and promote innovation, says Athar Osama.

Muslim countries need forward-looking policies to take advantage of the opportunities offered by mobile technology, says Athar Osama.

Farming projects must be able to access research at any point along the innovation trajectory, say Rasheed Sulaiman V. and colleagues.

Current models of innovation ignore small-scale technology — institutions must ensure it's a key part of the agenda, says Tony Marjoram.

New models of intellectual property rights are needed to protect — and promote — local knowledge and innovations, says Anil Gupta.

Biopesticides are better and safer than chemical pesticides — policymakers must do more to promote them, says insect ecologist Manuele Tamò.

Several Muslim countries rank among the world's most efficient innovators. They must build on this success, says Athar Osama.

Western universities are best-placed to provide developing country students with entrepreneurship training, argues Iqbal Z. Quadir.

The Muslim world and donors should use nongovernmental networks to nurture the dormant seeds of entrepreneurship, says Athar Osama.