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Partnerships and Networking in
Science and Technology for Development (UNCTAD Technology for Development Series), 2002
[www.unctad.org]
This paper addresses the relatively slow trickling down of formal partnering to the
majority of firms in developing countries and argues the need for government strategies
and policy intervention. It also explores informal partnering through networks and
clusters as an alternative way for many developing country firms to acquire
competitiveness and to meet the minimum prerequisites in terms of capabilities in order to
graduate to formal partnership.Making
North-South Research Partnerships Work, 1999
[www.unctad.org]
With a focus on the field of biosciences, the first part of this paper offers a set of
practical recommendations for creating and managing North-South research networks. The
second part of the paper discusses three policy issues: (i) the financial sustainability
of North-South research networks; (ii) the problematic asymmetry that is prevalent in many
of these networks, in that Northern partners or donors often dominate these partnerships;
and (iii) the slow adoption of Internet technology to enhance information management and
exchange.
Technology partnerships: learning from country
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