Basic Sciences and Development
Rethinking Donor Policy
Published on 22. May 1998
Book
Hardback
150 pages
978-1-85972-562-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the Third World, development-orientated research in the basic sciences have received a negligible share of available resources from domestic and foreign sources. This book addresses the growing concerns regarding the policies guiding support to development research in recipient countries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figure, tables, figures, index
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 222 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-562-7 (9781859725627)
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Content
Welcome address to the conference, Stig Stromholm; strengthening the basic sciences in the South, Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan; development and basic sciences in the Third World - progress through knowledge, Jan S. Nilsson; research in the basic sciences from a developing country perspective, Demissu Gemeda; how training in the basic sciences affects the development process, Erik W. Thulstrup; donor models for strengthening research capacity in developing countries, Jacques Gaillard; the status of the basic sciences in Africa, Berhanu M. Abegaz; basic sciences in developing countries - the case of Mozambique, Narciso Matos; a view point from Latin America regarding the basic sciences and development, Ivan Chambouleyron; the need to strengthen Indian research in the basic sciences, Govindarajan Padmanaban; development-oriented research in the basic sciences - the case of Vietnam, Nguyen Van Hieu; appendix - conference participants.