This report by the Organization of American States, revised just before the Fourth Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, aims to contribute in “the formulation of a new approach” to leveraging science and technology in development strategies, toward “poverty reduction and the construction of a Knowledge Society”.  This report seeks  This approach is focused on developing and strengthening “a national science and technology capacity [to] allow [sic] countries to be more than just consumers of other nations’ technological exports and allow citizens to actively improve their own situation and social and economic well-being.” (OAS, 2005:9)

 

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OAS (2005) 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.