Science and Technology Policy and Indicators for Development : Perspectives from Developing
Language: English
Published by Daya, 2008
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Contents Foreword/Tissa Vitarana. Preface/Seetha I. Wikremasinghe and V.K. Gupta. Introduction/Arun P. Kulshreshtha. I. Perspectives on S&T policy and indicators 1. Strengthening science technology and innovation for economic growth and poverty reduction in Mozambique/Venancio Massingue. 2. Evolution and current state of the policy and the statistical indicators science and technology in the Republic of Cuba/Vito N. Quevedo Rodriguez. 3. The South African STI Policy as an indicator driven one approach nature size performance and challenges/Hendrik Christoffel Marais and Simon Mpele. 4. Science and technology structure statistical system and the current scenario in Sri Lanka/Seetha I. Wickremasinghe. 5. Science and Technology (S&T) Development Policy in Nigeria/Ettu Obassi. 7. S&T indicators in India and policy implications/Parveen Arora. 7. S&T indicators as enablers to R&D planning the case of knowledge intensive CSIR India/Naresh Kumar. 8. Indonesian S&T Policy and development and S&T indicators/Dudi Hidayat. 9. A glance at the Iranian Science and Technology (S&T) indicators/Seyed Mohsen Masoumzadeh. 10. Statistical development of Science and Technology indicators in Malaysia/Kamaruhzaman Mat Zin. 11. Science and Technology in Pakistan system of governance status of development and current initiatives/Tariq Bashir. 12. The status of Science and Technology in Myanmar/Thidar. 13. Science and technology in Nepal/Dilli Raj Joshi. II. Leveraging S&T policy for innovation 14. Measuring science technology and innovation in developing countries the UIS experience/Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch. 15. Interactive policy research for rural innovation/Rajeswari Sarala Raina. 16. Collaborative links between academic and research institutions and industry for stimulating technological innovation and economic development need for Science and Technology Policy initiatives and networking amongst NAM and other developing countries/M. Bandyopadhyay. 17. Protection of intellectual property technology acquisition adaptation and diffusion/Vinod Kumar Gupta. 18. Innovation and the role of IP system in Egypt/Janet Ibrahim Youseef. III. S&T Policy implications in socio economic sectors 19. Agriculture assessing the role of local institutions in adoption of innovations for sustainable agriculture in Kenya/Lutta Muhammad and Paul G.A. Omanga. 20. Education tracer study of Science and Technology (S&T) graduates passed out from the universities in Sri Lanka during 1998 2003/P.R.M.P. Dilrukshi Ranathunge and Seetha I. Wickremasinghe. 21. Food food security in Ghana the development and diffusion of appropriate technologies/Sylvester Gyamfi. 22. Industry measuring the technical efficiency level of sauce processing industry in Malaysia/Abu Kasim Bin Ali. 23. Shelter Importance of S&T in providing shelter/M.W. Leelaratne. 24. Society popularization of Science and Technology in Eastern zone of Tanzania/Juma Hamsini Seph. Contributors. Science and Technology is an essential element of socioeconomic development of nations. In recent times emergence of new technologies knowledge based economies and globalization have made unprecedented impact on the human civilization. The developing societies would need to adjust to the pace of change of these developments and respond by evolving and implementing appropriate national S&T policies. There is a need to enhance their capabilities for establishing meaningful S&T policy and indicators for effective decision making. This publication reflects the views and experience of scholars and policy makers resulting from the deliberations during the international conference on S&T Policy research and statistical indicators held in Colombo Sri Lanka on 8 10 November 2006. It includes contributions on perspectives on S&T policy and indicators from several developing countries leveraging S&T Policy for innovation and S&T Policy implications in socio economic sectors. The book presents significant insights on issues and concerns on S&T Po.…
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- Science and Technology Policy and Indicators for Development : Perspectives from Developing
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- Seetha I Wickremashinge and V K Gupta
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- Daya
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- English
- ISBN 10
- 8170355451
- ISBN 13
- 9788170355458
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