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Title:Comparative study on the national science and technology policy-making bodies in the countries of Eastern and Southern Africa = Étude comparative sur les organismes directeurs de la politique scientifique et technologique nationale dans les pays de l'Afrique orientale et australe
Year:1987
Issue:66
Pages:186
Language:English
Series:Science policy studies and documents (ISSN 0080-7591)
City of publisher:Paris
Publisher:Unesco
ISBN:9230024708
Geographic terms:East Africa
Southern Africa
Subjects:institutions
science and technology policy
Abstract:This study contains an assessment of the functions, the performance and effectiveness of national science and technology policymaking bodies in the countries of eastern and southern Africa related to the major problems facing the development of the subregion. It is based on individual mission reports on Botswana, Burundi, Comores, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Part I outlines the main principles governing the formulation and implementation of a national science and technology policy. Part II deals with the degree of integration of science and technology into the various socioeconomic development plans. Part III contains the description of the evolution and the current stage of development of the various science and technology policymaking bodies. Part IV deals with the financial resources allocated by the States concerned to their national science and technology policymaking bodies. Part V assesses the impact of science and technology on the economy. The problems and future prospects of the development of science and technology are examined in part VI. Part VII contains a number of conclusions and recommendations. Part VIII is a reproduction of the recommendations adopted by a subregional symposium (Nairobi, Kenya, March 1985) that examined the report on the 14 countries.