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Science & Innovation Policy: University systems

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Agriculture experts use an app for mobile devices

Technical creativity needs nurturing at the grassroots

Efforts to promote sustainable development must tap into technologies developed locally, driven by community needs and priorities.

2 May 2012 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

UNESCO must accept its role as an aid agency

The UN organisation with responsibility for science should embrace its role in tackling poverty — not keep it at arm's length.

11 March 2011 | EN | ES | 中文

Rhetoric and instability stunt Latin American science

A majority of Latin American countries suffer from worthy talk but little stable R&D funding. Long-term strategies should be a priority.

3 September 2009 | EN | ES

What role for higher education in development?

With higher education returning to the aid agenda, SciDev.Net examines the successes, challenges and lessons to be learnt.

11 March 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

University graduates in South Africa

Equipping universities to join the war against poverty

Universities in developing countries should ditch the 'ivory tower' legacy of colonialism and enhance their links with the world outside.

28 September 2007 | EN | ES