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Innovation [electronic resource] : applying knowledge in development / Lead authors: Calestous Juma, Lee Yee-Cheong (coordinators).

By: Juma, Calestous.
Contributor(s): Yee-Cheong, Lee | UN Millennium Project | UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Publisher: London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, c2005Description: xxiii, 194 p. : ill.Other title: On title page: UN Millennium Project 2005, Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation | UN Millennium Project 2005 [Portion of title] | Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation.Subject(s): UN Millennium Project | Technological innovations -- Economic aspects | Economic developmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
1. Development as learning -- 2. How science and technology can contribute to achieving the goals -- 3. Innovation and economic advance -- 4. Platform technologies with wide applicability -- 5. Adequate infrastructure services as a foundation for technology -- 6. Investing in education in science and technology -- 7. Promoting technology-based business activities -- 8. Acquiring knowledge in a globalizing world -- 9. Advising governments on science, technology, and innovation -- 10. Governing global technology.
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Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194).

1. Development as learning -- 2. How science and technology can contribute to achieving the goals -- 3. Innovation and economic advance -- 4. Platform technologies with wide applicability -- 5. Adequate infrastructure services as a foundation for technology -- 6. Investing in education in science and technology -- 7. Promoting technology-based business activities -- 8. Acquiring knowledge in a globalizing world -- 9. Advising governments on science, technology, and innovation -- 10. Governing global technology.

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