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'Rediscovering Social Innovation'
DG | Knowledge Economy 06 09 2008
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UNU-MERIT
DG | Knowledge Economy 06 09 2008
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Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the MDGs
DG | Knowledge Economy 06 09 2008
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China pushes US$3.5 billion GM project
SciDev | Latest news 05 09 2008 The Chinese government will roll out a US$3.5 billion research project for GM crops later this month.
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Cervical cancer control 'achievable for the first time'
SciDev | Latest news 05 09 2008 Cervical cancer control is feasible in the developing world for the first time, thanks to new screening techniques and HPV vaccination.
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Kenya: Prostitutes Hold Aids Cure Key
AllAfrica | S&T 05 09 2008 Sex workers in Nairobi and Mombasa may still hold the key to an HIV vaccine, according to recent studies.
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Latest edition of the New Agriculturist focuses on potato as alternative staple, and global use of water.
DFID | Research for Development | News 05 09 2008 The New Agriculturist edition 2008-05 reports on interesting initiatives to promote potato as an alternative staple in an economic climate where food prices continue to affect the poor, and highlights concerns over global use of water.
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Special issue of Tuberculosis reviews key aspects of TB drug research and development
DFID | Research for Development | News 05 09 2008 Key issues in TB drug research and development are explored in a series of articles, commissioned and edited by the TB Alliance, that appear in a special issue of Tuberculosis.
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Q&A: African Agriculture with Florence Wambugu
SciDev | Latest news 04 09 2008 Florence Wambugu, winner of the 2008 YARA prize for African agriculture, speaks to SciDev.Net about the challenges facing the field.
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Nigeria: Country to Host Science Olympiad in 2020
AllAfrica | S&T 04 09 2008 Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Grace Ekpiwhre has challenged members of the newly inaugurated Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Abuja 2010 International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) that Nigeria emerge winner of the tournament.
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Uganda: Local Scientist Develops Cotton Pest Trap
AllAfrica | S&T 04 09 2008 A Ugandan scientist, Dr. Ben Ssekamatte, has developed an anti-bollworm pest trap.
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Health Enhancing Foods: Opportunities for Strengthening the Sector in Developing
DG | Knowledge Economy 04 09 2008
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Doing Business: An Independent Evaluation
DG | Knowledge Economy 04 09 2008
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State Technology and Science Index: Enduring Lessons for the Intangible Economy
DG | Knowledge Economy 04 09 2008
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African crop yields benefit from 'pinch' of fertiliser
SciDev | Latest news 03 09 2008 A technique using small doses of fertiliser — pioneered by African scientists — is increasing crop yields on the continent.
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South Asia News in brief: 22 Augustâ€'3 September
SciDev | Latest news 03 09 2008 Scientists look at HIV variation, how the world gained its 'roof', gaps Himalayan climate data, and more.
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Vaccinating against 'Cantonese cancer'
SciDev | Latest news 03 09 2008 Trials of a vaccine to prevent nasopharyngeal cancer will start soon in China, where it mainly affects the Cantonese-speaking population.
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Tanzania: Shortage of Engineers Bites
AllAfrica | S&T 03 09 2008 Tanzania needs to train about of 20,000 engineers annually if it is to catch up with developed countries.
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Uganda: Kyambogo College Students Make Robot
AllAfrica | S&T 03 09 2008 KYAMBOGO College Science Club students have invented a robot, meant to ease agricultural research.
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Western and local doctors 'willing to cooperate'
SciDev | Latest news 03 09 2008 A new Bolivia-based study has found that local medical practitioners and Western doctors are willing to promote synergy between both systems.
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The United Nations World Water Development Report
DG | Knowledge Economy 03 09 2008
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Enquiry-based science education is the way forward
SciDev | Latest news 02 09 2008 Enquiry-based science education is essential for sustainable development, says Jorge E. Allende.
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Make China journals open access, says top scientist
SciDev | Latest news 02 09 2008 Priority must be given to domestic science publications and many Chinese journals should be made open-access, says a leading Chinese scientist.
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The Link between Poverty and Climate Change
DFID | Research for Development | News 02 09 2008 A new booklet from DFID shows how close the links are between climate change and poverty. "Degrees of separation" explains how DFID and others are working to ensure that development becomes a part of the solution to these major global problems, and highlights the role that individuals can play in making a difference
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Middle East climate predictions 'less certain'
SciDev | Latest news 02 09 2008 A study finds that predictions of climate change induced water shortages in the Middle East are not as certain as previously thought.
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