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Title Research, networking, and capacity building in Africa
Full text http://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=viewtitle&id=cshe_866
Date 2012
Author(s) Mohammedbhai, Goolam
Abstract To meet the challenges of poverty reduction and earning sustainable human development, Africa does not only need to produce an even greater output of highly qualified professionals. The further necessary duty requires to produce and adapt knowledge relevant to its development, especially in science and technology. Global research indicators, however, clearly show that African fares poorly, compared to other regions. Sub-Saharan Africa's contribution to the world's expenditure on research and development equals no more than 0.6 percent,a significant proportion of which is contributed by just one country-South Africa. Likewise, sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest number of researchers per 1 million of the population: 79 compared to, for example, 442 for Latin America and the Carribbean. it also produced just 1.1 percent of the world's publications and 0.1 percent of global patents. Equally distrubing is that sicne 2002, while the research indicators in almost all world regions have improved, those of sub-Saharan Africa have remained mostly unchanged.
Subject(s) Research, Research and Development R&D, Research Culture, Networks, Networking, Capacity Building
Coverage Research
Language English
Publisher The Boston College Cenre for International Higher Education
Type of publication Journal Article (Peer Reviewed)
Format Pdf
Repository Cape Town - AHERO, University of Western Cape
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