Source: Sagasti, Francisco (1972) A systems approach to science and technology policy-making and planning, Estudios sobre el desarrollo científico y tecnológico No. 7, Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Washington D.C., Organización…
Sagasti ‘A systems approach to science and technology policy-making and planning’
The Sussex Manifesto (The Sussex Group Report)
The UN Advisory Committee commissioned a group of researchers at SPRU and IDS, deemed the ‘Sussex Group’, to produce a report on current issues in science and technology for development and to make some recommendations for the Second Development Decade and the associated World Plan of Action. The report was considered by some ACAST members to be too radical, hence earning the nickname ‘The Sussex Manifesto’.
Book: Technology at the Core
Parthasarathi, A. (2007) Technology at the Core: Science and Technology with Indira Gandhi. Pearson-Longman, New Delhi, India.
Workshop: International Science and Technology Cooperation for Sustainable Development
This Workshop on ‘International Science and Technology Cooperation for Sustainable Development’ was held near Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-22 November 2005 by the OECD and South African Department of Science and Technology, and followed on the Declaration on International S&T Cooperation for Sustainable Development adopted in January 2004.
Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development, UN Millennium Task Force Report
‘Innovation: Applying Knowledge in Development’, the Report of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation’ underscores the critical importance of knowledge and innovation for development in every country. The Task Force on Science, Technology, and Innovation is part of the UN Millennium Project commissioned by the Secretary-General to advise on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.
Inter Academy Council Report: Inventing a Better Future
‘Inventing a Better Future: A strategy for building worldwide capacities in science and technology’, a report by the Inter Academy Council “proposes new initiatives to strengthen national scientific capabilities worldwide, to foster opportunities for cooperation among the world’s scientific and technological communities, against the backdrop of rapid globalization and a rapidly increasing disparity in scientific and technological capacities and development.” (UN website)
OAS: Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation for Development
Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation for Development: A Vision for the Americas in the 21st Century. 2nd Edition. Organization of American States, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development, Office of Education, Science and Technology.
The report seeks “to help the member states in the formulation of their national development policies and strategies, with emphasis on capacity building for creating decent work, fighting poverty and strengthening democratic governance.” (OAS, 2005:10)
Knowledge and Innovation for Development
‘Knowledge and Innovation for Development: The Sisyphus Challenge of the 21st Century’, by Francisco Sagasti.
A Decade of Reform: S&T Policy in China
“In 1995, and at the request of the Chinese government, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) assembled a team of experts to assess the reforms to China’s S&T sector — reforms that began in 1985 as an initiative of the State Science and Technology Commission (SSTC) of China. A Decade of Reform presents the findings of this ground-breaking mission, the first-ever external examination of societal reform in China.” (IDRC website)
Mission on S&T Policy for a Democratic South Africa
“Out of the discussions surrounding a 1992 symposium on the role of research in transforming South Africa, the democratic movement requested that IDRC support a mission on science and technology (S&T) policy. The Mission on Science and Technology Policy for a Democratic South Africa was seen as a first step in promoting a national debate on this long-neglected issue. Its July 1993 report provides an insightful review of existing S&T policy in South Africa and the institutions involved in its development. This volume presents the Mission’s original report, together with a foreword by Nelson Mandela and a new, in-depth, and critical assessment of the Mission’s work and its impact on the S&T policy debate in South Africa.” (IDRC website)