SciDev.Net

Open innovation has potential to revitalise the development sector, providing new sources of creative knowledge and resources, says Tara Acharya.

Donors should fund the facilities needed to improve the conditions for research, as well as funding individual studies, says Berit Olsson.

Our obsession with top-rated universities is denying us a 'world-class' global higher education system, says Ellen Hazelkorn.

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.

A regional strategy and a focus on capacity building would strengthen Gulf investments in S&T, say Wael K. Al-Delaimy and Hilal A. Lashuel.

Medical graduates from poor nations should be free to leave for jobs abroad — and return with new skills, argue Zarmeneh Aly and Fawad Taj.

Ben Ngubane, South Africa’s science minister, outlines the challenges facing developing countries as they seek to build the science and technology capacity needed to achieve their development goals.