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Thinking big — and expensive — in the Saudi desert
Money is no object at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology — but will sumptuous surroundings promote research?
FEATURE | 23 October 2009 | EN
Funding for higher education: Facts and figures
Sian Lewis charts the ups and downs in donor funding for higher education in developing countries over the last half century.
Innovate to accumulate
Emerging economies have shown how knowledge can be harnessed to fuel long-term development, writes Calestous Juma.
Tapping new wells: Qatar's education revolution
Qatar is investing billions in becoming the Gulf's top knowledge economy – but will research excellence follow the money? Lone Frank investigates.
FEATURE | 10 April 2006 | EN
Mapping the road to the knowledge economy
Anuja Adhar Utz reviews how Brazil, China and India are using technological advances and the growing global stock of knowledge to drive their development.
FEATURE | 5 March 2002 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
Clean cooperation
Countries must cooperate to develop clean technologies. Joint technology innovation centres can help
