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Author Juma, Calestous.

Title Innovation [electronic resource] : applying knowledge in development / Lead authors: Calestous Juma, Lee Yee-Cheong (coordinators).

Imprint London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, c2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxiii, 194 p. : ill.
Note Sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on behalf of the UN Development Group.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194).
Contents 1. Development as learning -- 2. How science and technology can contribute to achieving the goals -- 3. Innovation and economic advance -- 4. Platform technologies with wide applicability -- 5. Adequate infrastructure services as a foundation for technology -- 6. Investing in education in science and technology -- 7. Promoting technology-based business activities -- 8. Acquiring knowledge in a globalizing world -- 9. Advising governments on science, technology, and innovation -- 10. Governing global technology.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject UN Millennium Project.
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
Economic development.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Yee-Cheong, Lee.
UN Millennium Project.
UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
ProQuest (Firm)
Note On title page: UN Millennium Project 2005, Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation
Added Title Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation
ISBN 1844072185

 
    
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