Science & Technology for Development

Building Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity: Turning ideas into actions
-Guest Editorial
Alfred Watkins, Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, Michael Ehst, and Boubou Cisse

Building STI capacity is essential for developing countries to compete in the global economy.

Engineering in International Development: Linking with infrastructure investments in Africa
Calestous Juma

Technological innovation in Africa must be implemented in the context of long-term development strategies.

Imitation to Internalization to Generation: The case of Korea
Jungho Sonu

Korea achieved economic growth through S&T thanks to the high literacy rate, strong government initiatives, and the response from the private sector.

Science and Technology Education in African Development: Its key role
Wole Soboyejo

The creation of research and educational institutes will have a transformational effect on the African economy by cultivating a cadre of trained professionals.

Poverty Alleviation and Economic Growth in Rwanda through S&T
Romain Murenz

A new Ministry has been created in order to strengthen the integration of S&T in all sectors of the economy.

Commercialization of Science: A key landmark for an efficient National Innovation System
Peter Lindholm

The case of a small community that was able, with the help of the Federal Government, to design and implement an innovative system to boost its economy.

Latecomer Strategies for Catching Up: Linkage, leverage, and learning
John A. Mathews

Latecomer strategies consist in using advanced technologies that have been developed elsewhere and put them to business use at lower cost.

First-Rate Science and Modernization of the National Research System in Chile
Claudio Wernli

An overview of the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) Program and its successful implementation over seven years.

Scaling Up Innovation: The GoForward Plan to Prosperity
Thomas D. Nastas

Strategies and lessons learned for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to succeed in the competitive field of S&T development.