Development experts from the world's least developed countries have launched an independent group to bring local concerns to the UN debating table.

The switch to digital TV is freeing up frequencies that could be used to provide cheap wireless broadband services to remote areas.

New research aims to help African policymakers understand the constraints on women entrepreneurs to unlock their economic potential.

Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are the only South-East Asian representatives among the top 50 most innovative nations globally.

CIRAD, the French agricultural research centre, has a new strategy that aims for more science partnerships with developing nations.

A conference in Kuwait urges support for efforts to improve networking and the protection of women's rights, which are at risk after the Arab Spring.

A new entity of the Mexican Presidency will seek to ensure increased budget for science, technology and innovation.

Costa Rica will invest an IADB loan in science scholarships and support for the private sector, to develop projects of business innovation.

India hopes to boost biotech research in health, nutrition and agriculture through official awards.

Plans to create a dedicated science ministry to harmonise research in Uganda are moving ahead with the passing of a bill in parliament.

The initiative may be a one-off due to the difficulty of finding experts with Caribbean ties to work with local firms on innovative projects.

Researchers must consider food producers' abilities to develop their own solutions, a conference has heard.

To increase innovation and economic growth, Chile has launched a plan to have world-class engineering schools by 2030.

Development projects based solely on Western and 'hard' science can overlook local expertise and needs, a meeting has heard.

China and India are collaborating with global partners and becoming innovative in their own right, according to new research.

A new test that detects and identifies malaria parasites in mosquito vectors has a 98 per cent accuracy rate, say Benin researchers.

Efforts to eliminate sleeping sickness from humans without tackling the disease's animal hosts may only end in fresh outbreaks.

Fungi collected from oil-contaminated sites may help mop up pollution from oil spills, research in Iran shows.

The volume of fresh water bought by rich foreign nations and firms in land grabs is often the same as needed to ease local malnourishment.