Science and Innovation for Development

Science and Innovation for Development

Professor Sir Gordon Conway and Professor Jeff Waage, with Sara Delaney.

UKCDS, January 2010.
ISBN: 978 1 84129 0829

"The most important publication on development since Fritz Schumacher's 1973 classic Small is Beautiful." Professor Calestous Juma, Harvard University

Scientific education, knowledge and research are crucial to solving development challenges, but science as a tool for providing evidence and discovering solutions has been neglected. Science and Innovation for Development wants that to change.

“This book should be on the reading list of every global health course.”  Professor Anthony Costello, UCL Institute for Global Health

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INTRODUCTION

• Foreword by Professor Calestous Juma; contents; preface; about the authors (PDF 418KB)

Part 1: MOBILISING SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT

• Chapter 1 - The nature of science and innovation (PDF 1.15MB)
• Chapter 2 - Appropriate innovation (PDF 1.72MB)
• Chapter 3 - Building partnerships for innovation (PDF 2.31MB)

PART 2: SCIENCE AND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

• Chapter 4 - Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (PDF 4.71MB)
• Chapter 5 - Combating hunger (PDF 2.38MB)
• Chapter 6 - Improving health (PDF 3.84MB)
• Chapter 7 - Achieving environmental sustainability (PDF 2.71MB)

PART 3: THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

• Chapter 8 - The science of climate change (PDF 4.86MB)
• Chapter 9 - Adapting to climate change (PDF 5.16MB)

PART 4

• Conclusion (PDF 324KB)

DIAGRAMS

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