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Key Documents archive results 1-10 of 10 in Science & Innovation Policy and South-South cooperation
A survey of South–North health biotech collaboration
This article, written by scientists from Canada, China, Egypt and India, examines the spread of alliances in health biotechnology and the extent of collaboration in this sector between the South and the North. The authors surveyed 288 firms on South-North health biotech collaborations and use the...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2009 | EN
Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: A study drawing on patent data
This report, published by Centre d'Économie Industrielle (CERNA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), examines the distribution of climate mitigation inventions since 1973 and their international transfer. Based on an analysis of patent data, the authors find...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases
In 2003, the Gates foundation infused new vigour into global health efforts by declaring that the 21st century's "grand challenges" included developing new vaccines and overcoming drug resistance. This new grand challenges initiative, launched by a collaboration of top global chronic disease...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 2007 | EN
North–South Research Cooperation
This document presents the proceedings of a conference at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in December 2001. The conference papers deal with themes relating to the role of scientific research in the development of Northern countries and the need for North-South research...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2002 | EN
Frameworks for Africa–UK Research Collaboration in the Social Sciences and Humanities — African University Perspectives
The report summarises the results of a survey of African UniversitiesS experiences in collaborating with scientists and institutions in developed countries. The study was carried out by the Association of Commonwealth Universities to provide background information to support the recent development...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: August 2007 | EN
International Scholarly Collaboration: Lessons From the Past
This paper presents a review of the challenges of international scholarly scientific collaboration. It looks at institutional constraints and points out that the challenges and problems multiply when collaborators come from different countries with differing conditions, resource endowments and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2000 | EN
Designing the Future: South–South Cooperation in Science and Technology
A special thematic edition of Cooperation South Journal that presents a collection of short articles written at the turn of the millennium on a variety of topics of relevance to South-South science and technology cooperation, including definitional issues, objectives, challenges, knowledge sharing...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2000 | EN
Patterns of international collaboration for the UK and leading partners
Commissioned by UK Office of Science and Innovation, the report looks at the trend of international scientific collaboration between the United Kingdom and its leading partners. It uses bibliometric data (co-authorship and citations of scientific articles) to capture international scientific...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2005 | EN
Science and Technology Collaboration: Building Capacity in Developing Countries?
This report attempts to understand the growing trend of international scientific collaboration as a preferred method of building scientific capacity in developing countries. Before the effects of these trends can be documented, however, there is a need to better define scientific capacity itself....
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2001 | EN
Freedom to innovate: biotechnology in Africa's development
This draft report of the High-Level African Panel on Modern Biotechnology recommends that African governments prioritise biotechnology as a tool to promote development and integration. The panel advises African leaders on developments in biotechnology, capacity building needs, and measures for...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 2006 | EN
