Global Network for Environment and Economic Development Research (GNEEDER), an NGO, the Centre for Youth, Family and the Law, a community-based organisation, and the Sustainable Ibadan Project, a quasi-governmental organisation joined forces to find a solution to the problem of water pollution arising from the disposition of abattoir waste. Instead of getting rid of such waste, technology is being used to turn them into biogas benefitting more than 5400 families.

Abstract: 'The main objective of this paper is to provide greater understanding of the systems
of innovation approach as a flexible and useful conceptual framework for spatial innovation
analysis. It presents an effort to develop some missing links and to decrease the conceptual
noise often present in the discussions on national innovation systems. The paper specifies
elements and relations that seem to be essential to the conceptual core of the framework and
argues that there is no a prior more...

Lead: 'Brazil will launch a satellite in 2011 to monitor deforestation and urban expansion around the world, it has been announced.' The article continues: 'Amazônia-1 will carry a UK-made high resolution camera. The United Kingdom–Brazil collaboration was announced last week (14 July) at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Progress in Science. It is part of the continuing UK–Brazil Partnership in Science and Innovation, and stems from discussions between governments and re more...

Working with the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, the U.K.National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has created this research project which uses the tools of ‘traditional’ innovation research to explore, analyse and compare innovation in four sectors that are critical to the UK’s creative future: videogames development, product design, advertising, and independent broadcast production. The report of the project was published in July 2008.

This relatively short, data-filled article contrasts the development experience of the rapidly growing countries in Asia with slower-growing Middle Eastern counties. He finds growth in his model Asian countries was associated with a virtuous cycle of export oriented growth and rapid technology acquisition, while the Middle Eastern countries were much less oriented toward manufactured product exports and had much less active patterns of technology imports. HOWARD PACK, the Spring 2008 edition of more...

UNESCO’s University-Industry-Science Partnership (UNISPAR) program was launched in 1993 to improve the quality of universities in developing countries and encourage them to become more involved in the process of industrialization of their country.

Since 2002, UNISPAR has focused on capacity-building and technical assistance in the governance of science and technology parks. The expected results are:

1. stronger partnerships and linkages between universities and industry, including sma more...

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The State Council, China’s cabinet, recently issued a directive banning the production of ultra-thin plastic bags for environmental reasons. The ruling also prohibits shops, supermarkets, and sales outlets nationwide from handing out free plastic bags starting on June 1, according to China News Agency. The imposition of fees on plastic bag usage is likely to influence consumer behavior in China and bring environmental benefits in the coming years.

Free plastic bags we more...

This is a report of work supported by the Levin Institute of SUNY from its program on science, technology and innovation in China. Richard P. Suttmeier, Cong Cao, and Denis Fred Simon, innovations (mitpress.mit.edu/innovations), summer 2006. (PDF, 20 pages)

This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development/The World Bank. It contains Government of Rwanda-World Bank technical
assistance program overview and detailed summaries of six needs assessments and action
plans.

The Foundation supports both U.S. initiatives and international initiatives (focusing on innovation to reduce poverty), Founded by Jerome Lemelson, one of U.S. history's most prolific inventors, the Lemelson Foundation uses its resources to recognize and celebrate accomplished inventors, inspire and mentor young people and grassroots inventors and entrepreneurs, disseminate technologies that improve people’s lives and generate entrepreneurial opportunity, and research and share information tha more...