By Hayley MacGregor, STEPS Centre member The UN High-level Summit on Non-communicable Diseases now underway comes at an important moment for the development community. With just over 50 per cent of the world now living in cities, and with the percentage of the global population over 60 years of age expected to double by 2050,…
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES: AN INDICATOR OF GREATER SHIFTS
AFRICA AND THE MDGs: A MANIFESTO
By Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre member [Edit (7/12/10): The Africa Manifesto has now been launched: you can download it from the ATPS website.] Ten years after the African Technology Policy Studies network was incorporated, nearly 200 delegates from 29 African countries are gathering in Egypt to discuss ‘The State of Science, Technology and Innovation in…