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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

Children collecting water, Palestine Scientists can play a key role in wetland diplomacy

Conflicts over shared water resources could be mitigated through science-based environmental cooperation, argue Saleem Ali and Pamela Griffin.

23 May 2012 | EN
Source: OurWorld 2.0

Shri Y Mangi Singh from Manipur, India invented a kouna grass mat-weaving machine How to protect the inventions of the poor

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

2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Policy Briefs

Digester dome construction Measuring progress on technology for development

The Rio+20 Secretariat's analysis of S&T trends and achievements since the 1992 Earth Summit points to ways of accelerating progress.

16 March 2012 | EN
Source: UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

Boy getting water from community pipe, Sri Lanka Developing solutions for sustainable water management

Rio+20 is an opportunity to focus on harnessing scientific evidence and good governance to improve the management of water resources.

22 November 2011 | EN
Source: UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)


News and Features

Radio satellite array Southern Africa and Australasia to share SKA

South Africa and Australia will both host components of the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.

25 May 2012 | EN

A globe with internet cables Egypt activates high speed data link for researchers

High speed Internet has been introduced in Egyptian universities, but many researchers are still unaware of how to best make use of it.

24 May 2012 | EN