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Innovation : applying knowledge in development /

The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015--income poverty hunger disease exclusion lack of infrastructure and shelter-while promoting gender equality education hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Juma, Calestous
Autor Corporativo: UN Millennium Project. Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation
Otros Autores: Yee-Cheong, Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Earthscan, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword; Task force members; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Millennium Development Goals; Executive summary; Part 1: Mapping the terrain; Chapter 1: Developing as learning; Chapter 2: How science and technology can contribute to achieving the Goals; Chapter 3: Innovation and economic advance; Part 2: Gearing up; Chapter 4: Platform technologies with wide applicability; Chapter 5: Adequate infrastructure services as a foundation for technology; Chapter 6: Investing in education in science and technology; Chapter 7: Promoting technology-based business activities.