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Innovation: applying knowledge in development
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Short Description: Development, the Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation under- ...... to evaluate the role that science, technology, and innovation play in ...
Content Inside: The world has an unprecedented opportunity to improve the lives of billions
of people by adopting practical approaches to meeting the Millennium
Development Goals. At the request of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan,
the UN Millennium Project has identified practical strategies to eradicate
poverty by scaling up investments in infrastructure and human capital
while promoting gender equality and environmental sustainability. These
strategies are described in the UN Millennium Project's report Investing in
Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,
which was coauthored by the coordinators of the UN Millennium Project
task forces.
The task forces have identified the interventions and policy measures
needed to achieve each of the Goals. In Innovation: Applying Knowledge in
Development, the Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation underscores
the critical importance of knowledge and innovation for development
in every country-an emphasis that is echoed in Investing in Development.
Responding to challenges in areas such as economic productivity, agriculture,
education, gender inequity, health, water, sanitation, environment, and participation
in the global economy will require increased use of scientific and
technical knowledge. Technological innovation and the associated institutional
adjustments underpin long-term growth and must be at the center of
any strategy to strengthen the private sector.
Innovation proposes concrete and practical steps that governments and
international agencies can undertake to bring science, technology, and innovation
to bear on development.
This report was prepared by a group of leading experts who contributed
in their personal capacity and volunteered their time to this important task.
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