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Innovation : applying knowledge in development / Lead authors: Calestous Jumma, Lee Yee-Cheong (coordinators)

By:

JUMA Calestous

Contributor(s):

YEE-CHEONG Lee

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Sterling Va. : Earthscan, 2005Description: xxiii, 194 pISBN:

1844072185 (pbk) :

Other title:

On title page: UN Millenium Project 2005, Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation

Subject(s):

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Summary: The Millenium Development Goals are the world's targets for reducing extreme poverty by 2015. This report recommends a substantial reorientation of development policies to focus on key sources of economic growth particularly the use of scientific and technological knowledge. The central role of higher education in science and the need to place universities at the centre of local development are highlighted.

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The Millenium Development Goals are the world's targets for reducing extreme poverty by 2015. This report recommends a substantial reorientation of development policies to focus on key sources of economic growth particularly the use of scientific and technological knowledge. The central role of higher education in science and the need to place universities at the centre of local development are highlighted.

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