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Africa Analysis: Progress on science spending?
After 2006's commitment to one per cent GDP spending on science, is Africa keeping up, falling behind or investing, asks Linda Nordling.
OPINION | 29 October 2009 | EN
Biomed Analysis: Mothers' health needs targeted science
Maternal health needs a new, pragmatic, research-led approach targeted specifically for developing countries, says Priya Shetty.
Debating Pakistan's higher education overhaul
Three Nature articles display mixed feelings about the success of Pakistan's higher education reforms.
OPINION | 15 October 2009 | EN
CGIAR reforms make research decision-making distant
CGIAR reforms take research decisions too far away, says Hartmann, director-general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
OPINION | 6 October 2009 | EN
Africa Analysis: Can donors prove aid works?
Aid agencies, under pressure to prove their worth, should seize the opportunity to make spending more accountable, says Linda Nordling.
Pakistani research culture still out of reach
Following its higher education reforms, Pakistan's success in creating a research culture is still uncertain, say Athar Osama and colleagues.
OPINION | 3 September 2009 | EN
US should focus foreign aid on food, health and water
The United States should boost funding for food, health and water, says Thomas R. Pickering, former US ambassador to the UN.
Africa Analysis: Continental science fund forgotten?
As African science ministers prepare to meet in Burundi, Linda Nordling asks what has happened to the idea of a pan-African science fund.
Improving the rules on carbon projects
Climate negotiations must promote capacity building, not impose quotas, argues ZhongXiang Zhang.
Donors must fund the essential conditions for research
Donors should fund the facilities needed to improve the conditions for research, as well as funding individual studies, says Berit Olsson.
Science training: If governments lead, others will help
African governments must invest in science training — but they don't have to go it alone, says Arlen Hastings.
Climate change: Bring Africa in from the cold
For Africa to effectively adapt to climate change, the rules of the game must change in Copenhagen, says Araya Asfaw.
Developed countries need to pay up
The developed world must make good on its financial promises to Africa — and everyone stands to reap the benefits, says Jeffrey Sachs.
OPINION | 25 February 2009 | EN
Africa Analysis: Global finance crisis will hit grants
The global financial crisis may soon make external funding much harder to get, warns Linda Nordling.
Africa Analysis: Taking science to market
There are big plans afoot to get African science to the market place, but why wait for continent-wide resolutions, says Linda Nordling.
Kazakhstan must improve S&T infrastructure
Kazakhstan's president — who seeks to put S&T at the heart of development has been hindered by bureaucracy, says Glenn E. Schweitzer.
OPINION | 8 December 2008 | EN
Cross-cultural partnerships must talk to build trust
Academic partnerships bring knowledge and drive economic growth, but success depends on good communications that build trust, says Tim Gore.
Science on the rise, despite current economic climate
Science and innovation continue to grow in developing countries, despite the current economic climate, says an editorial in Nature.
Back to basics for malaria research
Funding agencies and donors hoping to tackle malaria must commit more to basic research, says Nature.
OPINION | 13 October 2008 | EN
Surgery is cheap and effective, but donors neglect it
Doruk Ozgediz and Robert Riviello make the case for devoting more resources to easily treated surgical conditions in Africa.
OPINION | 10 June 2008 | EN
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