Focussing on the steps needed to eradicate malaria, not just control it, can broaden and stimulate support for health research agendas.

Millennium Science Initiative funding has produced an impressive range of projects in Uganda. The government is wrong to bring it to an end.

Crucial development opportunities may be lost without committed science ministers.

An OECD report outlines good practice for effective international research collaboration — but success can never be guaranteed.

The discontent behind recent protests in Egypt carries lessons for how both science and journalism are handled across the Arab world.

Recent protests over food prices underline a key message from a new report about the potential dangers of neglecting agricultural research.

Last month's Nagoya summit on biodiversity reached some important agreements. The challenge is to ensure that they are fully implemented.

Politicians won't act to conserve biodiversity unless they have strong evidence that it is an effective strategy for combating global poverty.

Even focused research will not deliver agricultural progress unless donors also help join up links in the development chain.

There have been notable successes in science for development over the past decade but still insufficient follow-through for key commitments.

New figures on research spending show that the gap between rich and poor countries is closing — but not fast enough.

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

More agricultural research funding and a farmer-centred approach to boosting food production are needed to prevent future food emergencies.

A meeting in Berlin brought unequal health research partnerships into the open — but will its framework kick-start progress or gather dust?

Japan is the latest country to give scientific cooperation with developing countries a higher profile in its foreign aid policies.

Zimbabwe's new science minister faces a daunting task in rebuilding his country's scientific capacity. He deserves all the help he can get.

Patents on scientific knowledge may not be as useful — or valuable — as many claim them to be.

Science can help developing countries facing commodity-price and climate turmoil: the biggest challenge is how to ensure it does.

Commodity price rises are no substitute for long-term investment in infrastructure and capacity as a means of securing sustained development.

African ministers have committed themselves to a set of actions to boost health research in their countries. Now they must implement them.