Capacity Development in Science and Technology

Several studies suggest that capacity development increasingly depends on a country’s ability to understand, interpret, select, adapt, use, transmit, diffuse, produce and commercialize scientific and technological knowledge in ways appropriate to its culture, aspirations and level of development. The World Bank's experience with capacity development in Science and Technology (S&T) has provided many useful insights.

Lessons learned:

	S&T has always been important for development, but the unprecedented pace of advancement of scientific knowledge is rapidly creating new opportunities for and threats to development.
	Most developing countries are largely unprepared to deal with the changes that S&T advancement brings.
	Developing countries would benefit from increased attention to S&T in education, health, rural development, private sector development, and the environment.

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	ELDIS - ICT for Development
	UNDP ICT for Development Observatory
	Inventing a Better Future: A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology
	Cases of eGovernment Success and Failure from Developing/Transitional Countries
	Facilitating the use of ICT for community development through collaborative partnerships between universities, governments and communities
	ICT and MDGs: A World Bank Perspective
	Indicators for ICTs (  PDF 1.55 mb)
	Africa Speaks: Perspectives on Africa’s Road toward the Information Society
	ICT Policy: A Beginner's Guide