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Focus on Disability: Transfer technology to all

Committing to disability-inclusive technology transfer in the post-2015 development goals will help to cut inequality, says Sue Coe.

17 April 2013 | EN

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

USAID will continue its push for science

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

20 December 2012 | EN | ES

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

Islam Analysis: Building a healthy innovation 'ecosystem'

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

12 September 2012 | EN

Africa Analysis: Kenya's ICT lab is just the beginning

IBM's choice of Kenya for its African research lab is not the end of private sector tech investment for other countries, says Linda Nordling.

6 September 2012 | EN | FR

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

Asia–Pacific Analysis: Serving the public with science

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

30 August 2012 | EN

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Africa Analysis: Directing technology transfer from China

Technology transfer is a priority for a new phase in China–Africa cooperation — but it needs the right direction, says Linda Nordling.

2 August 2012 | EN | FR

A wind turbine in Maharashtra, India

Green tech cost assessments must be country-specific

Country-specific costing of scaling up renewable energy technologies can help allocate climate funds efficiently, says Michael Jakob.

Source: Nature

4 July 2012 | EN | ES

Community-based fisheries, Bangladesh

How research for agricultural innovation works best

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

16 May 2012 | EN

Chabayanzara follows podcast instructions to draw cattle vaccine, Zimbabwe

Successful innovation depends on engaging the grassroots

Technological innovation can't be imposed on poor people — they must be engaged to select ideas that suit their lives, writes Lawrence Gudza.

2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Women operating foot water pump in Kenya

Put grassroots innovation on the agenda

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

2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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

Girl with bed net, Ethiopia

Taking life-saving innovations from lab to village

Improving health for the poor depends on nurturing local innovations — and learning how to deliver them, argue Abdallah Daar and Peter Singer.

15 March 2012 | EN | FR

Africa Analysis: Seize the moment on climate tech

Africa must make sure its grassroots innovations can benefit from a new global green technology support mechanism, argues Linda Nordling.

6 January 2012 | EN | FR

IAEA team examines emergency equipment at Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear electricity: a fallen dream?

Nuclear power is no magic solution, argues Pervez Hoodbhoy — it's not safe, or cheap, and it leads to weapons programmes.

28 September 2011 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Nuclear experts at Fukushima

Developing manpower is essential for a nuclear future

Nuclear power can benefit developing countries but requires long-term planning and an educated workforce, says Michael J. Mangala.

28 September 2011 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Doctor taking patient history

Use social media to strengthen health systems

Health scientists in developing countries can use social media to tackle research priorities, argue Alexander E. T. Finlayson and colleagues.

15 September 2011 | EN | ES

Address risk of nanotech toxicity

Developing countries forging ahead with nanotechnology need regulation and research into local risk patterns, say Alok Dhawan and Vyom Sharma.

25 August 2011 | EN | ES