Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development

Watson, Crawford, and Farley examine the ways in which science and technology (S&T) support poverty alleviation and economic development and how these themes have been given emphasis or short shrift in various areas of the World Bank's wor...

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Main Authors: Watson, Robert, Crawford, Michael, Farley, Sara
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BI
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329621/strategic-approaches-science-technology-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18265
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topic SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
DONORS
EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES
PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
ANALYTICAL WORK
BI
BIODIVERSITY
BREEDING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CASE STUDIES
CGIAR
CGIAR CONSULTATIVE GROUP
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COUNTRIES
COUNTRY LEVEL
DEVELOPED
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT GRANT FACILITY
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DISEASES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENGINEERS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLY
GREEN REVOLUTION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IARC
IMPROVED HEALTH
INCOME
INNOVATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS
INVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEARNING
LENDING OPERATIONS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOW INCOME
LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MARGINAL COSTS
MATERIAL WELL-BEING
MORTALITY
NARS
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
OIL
PATENTS
PESTS
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
REGULATORY CHALLENGES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
RESEARCH CENTERS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
SCIENTIFIC UNIONS
SCIENTISTS
SPAAR
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE USE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TIME FRAME
UNITED NATIONS
WHEAT
WHEAT YIELDS
WORLD BANK LENDING
YOUNG PEOPLE
PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
spellingShingle SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
DONORS
EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES
PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURE
AIR POLLUTION
ANALYTICAL WORK
BI
BIODIVERSITY
BREEDING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CASE STUDIES
CGIAR
CGIAR CONSULTATIVE GROUP
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COUNTRIES
COUNTRY LEVEL
DEVELOPED
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT GRANT FACILITY
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DISEASES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENGINEERS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
FOOD PRICES
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLY
GREEN REVOLUTION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH SERVICES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IARC
IMPROVED HEALTH
INCOME
INNOVATION
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS
INVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEARNING
LENDING OPERATIONS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LOW INCOME
LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MARGINAL COSTS
MATERIAL WELL-BEING
MORTALITY
NARS
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
OIL
PATENTS
PESTS
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
REGULATORY CHALLENGES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
RESEARCH CENTERS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
SCIENTIFIC UNIONS
SCIENTISTS
SPAAR
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
SUSTAINABLE USE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TIME FRAME
UNITED NATIONS
WHEAT
WHEAT YIELDS
WORLD BANK LENDING
YOUNG PEOPLE
PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Watson, Robert
Crawford, Michael
Farley, Sara
Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3026
description Watson, Crawford, and Farley examine the ways in which science and technology (S&T) support poverty alleviation and economic development and how these themes have been given emphasis or short shrift in various areas of the World Bank's work. Central to their thesis is the now well-established argument that development will increasingly depend 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 authors go beyond this tenet, analyzing the importance of S&T for development within specific sectors. They present policy options for enhancing the effectiveness of S&T systems in developing countries, review previous experience of the World Bank and other donors in supporting S&T, and suggest changes that the World Bank and its partners can adopt to increase the impact of the work currently undertaken in S&T. The authors' main messages are: 1) 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. 2) Most developing countries are largely unprepared to deal with the changes that S&T advancement will bring. 3) The World Bank's numerous actions in various domains of S&T could be more effective in producing the needed capacity improvements in client countries. 4) The World Bank could have a greater impact if it paid increased attention to S&T in education, health, rural development, private sector development, and the environment. The strategy emphasizes four S&T policy areas: education and human resources development, the private sector, the public sector, and information communications technologies.
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author Watson, Robert
Crawford, Michael
Farley, Sara
author_facet Watson, Robert
Crawford, Michael
Farley, Sara
author_sort Watson, Robert
title Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development
title_short Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development
title_full Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development
title_fullStr Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development
title_full_unstemmed Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development
title_sort strategic approaches to science and technology in development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329621/strategic-approaches-science-technology-development
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spelling okr-10986-182652021-04-23T14:03:42Z Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development Watson, Robert Crawford, Michael Farley, Sara SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT DONORS EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE AIR POLLUTION ANALYTICAL WORK BI BIODIVERSITY BREEDING CAPACITY BUILDING CASE STUDIES CGIAR CGIAR CONSULTATIVE GROUP CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIMATE CHANGE COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COUNTRIES COUNTRY LEVEL DEVELOPED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT GRANT FACILITY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTION DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DISEASES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENGINEERS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FINANCIAL CAPITAL FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY GREEN REVOLUTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IARC IMPROVED HEALTH INCOME INNOVATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERS INVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LEARNING LENDING OPERATIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW- INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MARGINAL COSTS MATERIAL WELL-BEING MORTALITY NARS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OIL PATENTS PESTS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIORITY AREAS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGULATORY CHALLENGES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE EDUCATION SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIFIC UNIONS SCIENTISTS SPAAR SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE USE TERTIARY EDUCATION TIME FRAME UNITED NATIONS WHEAT WHEAT YIELDS WORLD BANK LENDING YOUNG PEOPLE PUBLIC GOODS VALUATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION Watson, Crawford, and Farley examine the ways in which science and technology (S&T) support poverty alleviation and economic development and how these themes have been given emphasis or short shrift in various areas of the World Bank's work. Central to their thesis is the now well-established argument that development will increasingly depend 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 authors go beyond this tenet, analyzing the importance of S&T for development within specific sectors. They present policy options for enhancing the effectiveness of S&T systems in developing countries, review previous experience of the World Bank and other donors in supporting S&T, and suggest changes that the World Bank and its partners can adopt to increase the impact of the work currently undertaken in S&T. The authors' main messages are: 1) 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. 2) Most developing countries are largely unprepared to deal with the changes that S&T advancement will bring. 3) The World Bank's numerous actions in various domains of S&T could be more effective in producing the needed capacity improvements in client countries. 4) The World Bank could have a greater impact if it paid increased attention to S&T in education, health, rural development, private sector development, and the environment. The strategy emphasizes four S&T policy areas: education and human resources development, the private sector, the public sector, and information communications technologies. 2014-05-12T18:59:36Z 2014-05-12T18:59:36Z 2003-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2329621/strategic-approaches-science-technology-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18265 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3026 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research