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Science and Development Network
News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world
A good educational system is essential to a country's technological progress, providing a base of technical professionals that can use science and technology to boost economic development.
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Opinions and Analysis
Enquiry-based science education is the way forward
Enquiry-based science education is essential for sustainable development, says Jorge E. Allende.
Africa needs research universities to fight poverty
Neglect of science and technology in African universities has been compounded by a failure to focus research on the continent's needs, says Mammo Muchie.
1 August 2008
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News and Features
Egypt to host first Northern African nanotech centre
A partnership between Egypt and IBM will establish the first regional nanotechnology research centre in Cairo.
10 October 2008
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New authority and law to push Iraqi research
Iraq is to establish a scientific research authority to promote research, and is considering a law offering benefits to scientists.
Argentinean scientists to lecture in schools
20 August 2008
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Information Services
Opening the debate on Indian patent bill
Is India being too hasty in drafting a new law to increase university patenting?
Linking science to policy: the priorities
Read the main results of an international survey of science/policy linkages, and an editorial on their implications
