Knowledge and Innovation for Development: The Sisyphus Challenge of the 21st Century - Softcover

Sagasti, Francisco

 
9781845426248: Knowledge and Innovation for Development: The Sisyphus Challenge of the 21st Century
Softcover
ISBN 10: 184542624X ISBN 13: 9781845426248
Verlag: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the many different issues related to the Sisyphean task of building science and technology capabilities in developing countries. It attempts to answer crucial questions including: how can knowledge be utilized to improve the human condition, and how can we bridge the growing knowledge divide between those who produce and use modern science and technology - and those who do not?

Francisco Sagasti examines the complex interactions between science, technology and development through history, explores how capabilities in these areas are created in different countries and places the role of international co-operation in perspective. The book then introduces a 'science and technology capability index' to rank countries, analyses the policy implications of the place they occupy, and summarizes the experience of developing countries in formulating science and technology policies. It concludes with a review of important lessons for the future.

This highly innovative and original work will strongly appeal to academics, policymakers, development practitioners and students interested in the role of knowledge and innovation in contemporary society, and in the disparities between developed and developing countries.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Francisco Sagasti, Director of the think-tank, Agenda: PERÚ, Lima, Peru, Visiting Professor, University for Peace, Costa Rica, and advisor to governments, international organizations, academic institutions and private corporations.

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Verlag
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
184542624X
ISBN 13 
9781845426248
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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