Author: World Bank

Publisher: The World Bank

Keywords: Technology and innovation, Africa, Innovation and learning, Poverty reduction strategies, Capacity building, Knowledge economy, Science, Economic diversification, Rwanda, Technology and Telecommunications, Africa (sub-Saharan), Millennium development goals (MDG), Appropriate technology

Abstract:
Even a subsistence agricultural economy such as Rwanda needs to develop science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity if it hopes to solve such everyday, practical problems as providing energy and clean drinking water to rural villages, and competing in the global economy by producing and selling higher value goods and services. This book provides new insights into the capacity building process and shows that STI capacity building is not a luxury activity suitable primarily for wealthy countries but an absolute necessity for poor countries that hope to become richer.

Subjects: Technology and Telecommunications