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Author : Jacques Gaillard,V. V. Krishna,Roland Waast
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025028411
Author : Michael J. Moravcsik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCAL:B4242019
Author : M Moravcsik
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814579865
This reprint volume compiles the works of the author on the building of science in developing countries. The purpose of this volume is to improve the accessibility of the literature on science development for interested individuals especially in the Third World Countries. Contents:The Task and Its Framework:The Task in a ContextResearch in the Third WorldThe Bridging of the GapThe Personal AngleSome BenefitsResearch on ScienceThe Problems:The Nature of the ProblemResearch and Its ApplicationsCommunicationManaging ScienceAction:DirectionsLatent OpportunitiesHuman ResourcesScience and TechnologyMeasuring Science Readership: Social scientists and scientists.
Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,U.S. National Committee for CODATA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309182140
This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research; (2) identify and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on international research; and (3) review the existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting the public domain and open access to scientific and technical data and information on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.
Author : Jacques Gaillard
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813117313
Author : Shahid M. Shahidullah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429714405
Traditional strategies of technical assistance, technology transfer, appropriate technology, and self-reliance for science and technology development in the Third World, cannot be successfully implemented until Third World countries improve their fundamental organization of science and technology. In order to make those improvements - a process kno
Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,Committee on Science and Technology in Foreign Assistance
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309164733
In October 2003 the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Research Council (NRC) entered into a cooperative agreement. The agreement called for the NRC to examine selected aspects of U.S. foreign assistance activities-primarily the programs of the USAID-that have benefited or could benefit from access to strong science, technology, and medical capabilities in the United States or elsewhere. After considering the many aspects of the role of science and technology (S&T) in foreign assistance, the study led to the publication of The Fundamental Role of Science and Technology in International Development. In the book special attention is devoted to partnerships that involve the USAID together with international, regional, U.S. governmental, and private sector organizations in fields such as heath care, agriculture and nutrition, education and job creation, and energy and the environment. This book explores specific programmatic, organizational, and personnel reforms that would increase the effective use of S&T to meet the USAID's goals while supporting larger U.S. foreign policy objectives.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309447560
Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new knowledge as well as use information to achieve desired ends. Access to scienceâ€"whether using knowledge or creating itâ€"necessitates some level of familiarity with the enterprise and practice of science: we refer to this as science literacy. Science literacy is desirable not only for individuals, but also for the health and well- being of communities and society. More than just basic knowledge of science facts, contemporary definitions of science literacy have expanded to include understandings of scientific processes and practices, familiarity with how science and scientists work, a capacity to weigh and evaluate the products of science, and an ability to engage in civic decisions about the value of science. Although science literacy has traditionally been seen as the responsibility of individuals, individuals are nested within communities that are nested within societiesâ€"and, as a result, individual science literacy is limited or enhanced by the circumstances of that nesting. Science Literacy studies the role of science literacy in public support of science. This report synthesizes the available research literature on science literacy, makes recommendations on the need to improve the understanding of science and scientific research in the United States, and considers the relationship between scientific literacy and support for and use of science and research.
Author : T. Shinn,J. Spaapen,V.V. Krishna
Publisher : Springer
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015041760144
This book explores two complementary aspects of post-colonial science/technology practice. The cognitive and technical trajectories experienced by many third world nations since decolonization are assessed in terms of a changing dynamic between north and south where the south is increasingly a decisive actor. The thrust and substance of this dynamic has changed continually over the last half century, and with the passage of time the south has become increasingly dominant, albeit in often highly subtle ways. On a second level, it is argued that south/north interactions can only be fully understood in the light of an epistemological perspective. The science-related representations, policies, and practices of the north regarding the south become transparent when seen in terms of northern epistemological traditions and progress. Concurrently, the authors of this book submit that, by grasping the epistemologies held or fostered in the south toward science and technology (as well as toward alternative forms of practice and learning), the actions of southern actors and their dealings with the north acquire important incremental intelligibility.
Author : Third World Academy of Sciences
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015018475338
Author : Maurice Goldsmith,Alexander King
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483153520
Issues of Development: Towards a New Role for Science and Technology presents the proceedings of the Symposium on Science and Technology for Development, held in Singapore on January 22–26, 1979. This book presents the explicit role for science in world affairs. Organized into eight parts encompassing 44 chapters, this compilation of papers begins with an overview of the capabilities and potential of modern science to contribute boldly and constructively to a wide array of human problems. This text then examines the endeavors of all countries to achieve progress through industrialization, modernization of other sectors, and improvement in agriculture. Other chapters consider the vital role of education and training in the process of applying science and technology to development. This book discusses as well the role of computers, communication systems, and advances in printing processes. The final chapter deals with the international cooperation in science. This book is a valuable resource for technological researchers, inventors, and scientists.
Author : Federico Mayor
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483147093
Scientific Research and Social Goals: Towards a New Development Model is designed to contribute to the task of producing a development model, based on human needs, social goals, and the value of research. The book is organized into three sections: concepts and philosophy; methodological approaches; and practicalprograms in different parts of the world. These sections consist of a total of 19 chapters that discuss topics on national policy implications of the basic needs model; scientific progress and the social goals of science; an International Program on research and human needs; and the role of methodology in the research and human needs program. The contribution of research to human needs and an action program on research and human needs are also described.
Author : D. Babatunde Thomas,Miguel S. Wionczek
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483279305
Integration of Science and Technology with Development: Caribbean and Latin American Problems in the Context of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development discusses the science and technology (S&T) problems in developing countries of the Western hemisphere. This book is organized into five part encompassing 20 chapters. The five parts deal with the issues arising from the basic propositions of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD), such as the problems involving building up S&T capability, infrastructure and technology transfer, technological problems in the Caribbean. Other issues discussed include the science and technology policies in Latin America, and the UNCSTD symposium preparations. The book ends with a presentation of a brief debate on the topics of research on science and technology in Latin America and the Caribbean, and with a report of the Symposium.
Author : Unesco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015028459454
Establishes a typological classification of developing countries according to their scientific and technological potential. Proposes, for each type of country, alternative development scenarios and science and technology policies that would make it possible to face future challenges.
Author : Francisco R. Sagasti,Jean Jacques Salomon,Céline Sachs-Jeantet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:49015002285113
"Science - "empirical knowledge" - and technology - "applied science" - have long played a key role in social development. In modern times they have come to be seen as absolutely essential factors in the achievement of economic growth and development. And though many dispute their ascendancy and legitimately point to their abuses, there is no escaping their presence and impact." "Taking as a main theme the central role of science and technology in economic progress, this first-of-a-kind sourcebook gathers together the perspectives and expertise of an international body of specialists in science and technology policy to examine the role of science and technology in development, and assess their social, economic, and political dimensions. The authors look at the key issues in relation to the exigencies of developing countries in the "new international context." They emphasize the complexity of the links between science, technology, and development and the important insights to be gained from the study of these links. The authors also point out that, despite science and technology's promise of social and economic progress, such progress is less than ever an inevitable result of their application - though there is no doubt about what can be achieved through science and technology, the quest is an uncertain one."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
