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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Of U.S. international S & T agreements by country -- Cooperative activities in Venezuela since the signing of the U.S.-Venezuela S & T agreement -- Enhancing scientific and technological cooperation with Latin America: a non-governmental view -- International scientific cooperation and the development of new knowledge in the western hemisphere.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 474
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: D. Babatunde Thomas
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2013-09-24
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1483279308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gustavo Crespi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-04-11
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 3319041088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines the implementation of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in eight Latin American countries and the different paths these policies have taken. It provides empirical evidence to examine the extent to which STI policies are contributing to the development of the region, as well as to the solution of market failures and the stimulus of the region’s innovation systems. Since the pioneering work of Solow (1957), it has been recognized that innovation is critical for economic growth both in developed and in less-developed countries. Unfortunately Latin America lags behind world trends, and although over the last 20 years the region has established a more stable and certain macroeconomic regime, it is also clear that these changes have not been enough to trigger a process of innovation and productivity to catch-up. Against this rather grim scenario there is some optimism emerging throughout the region. After many years of inaction the region has begun to invest in science, technology and engineering once again. Furthermore, after many changes in innovation policy frameworks, there is now an emerging consensus on the need for a solution to coordination failures that hinder the interaction between supply and demand. Offering an informative and analytic insight into STI policymaking within Latin America, this book can be used by students, researchers and practitioners who are interested in the design and implementation of innovation policies. This book also intends to encourage discussion and collaboration amongst current policy makers within the region.
Author: Juan José Saldaña
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009-06-03
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0292774753
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Science in Latin America has roots that reach back to the information gathering and recording practices of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. Spanish and Portuguese conquerors and colonists introduced European scientific practices to the continent, where they hybridized with local traditions to form the beginnings of a truly Latin American science. As countries achieved their independence in the nineteenth century, they turned to science as a vehicle for modernizing education and forwarding "progress." In the twentieth century, science and technology became as omnipresent in Latin America as in the United States and Europe. Yet despite a history that stretches across five centuries, science in Latin America has traditionally been viewed as derivative of and peripheral to Euro-American science. To correct that mistaken view, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of science in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present. Eleven leading Latin American historians assess the part that science played in Latin American society during the colonial, independence, national, and modern eras, investigating science's role in such areas as natural history, medicine and public health, the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, politics and nation-building, educational reform, and contemporary academic research. The comparative approach of the essays creates a continent-spanning picture of Latin American science that clearly establishes its autonomous history and its right to be studied within a Latin American context.
