Building science, technology, and innovation capacity in Rwanda : developing practical solutions to practical problems / Alfred Watkins and Anubha Verma, editors
FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF RESULTS; Figure 1.1: Enterprise-based Model of STI Capacity Building; Figure 1.2: Cross-cutting Nature of STI Capacity Building; Figure 1.3: STI Capacity Building Cuts Across Traditional Silos of Development; Figure 1.4: Capacity-building Needs at Various Skill Levels; Box 1.1: Improving Institutional Capacity and Building anInnovation Culture; CHAPTER 2: THE FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; CHAPTER 3: VALUE-ADDED EXPORTS; CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFUSION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES
Summary
Even a subsistence agricultural economy such as Rwanda needs to develop science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity if it hopes to solve such everyday, practical problems as providing energy and clean drinking water to rural villages, and competing in the global economy by producing and selling higher value goods and services. This book provides new insights into the capacity building process and shows that STI capacity building is not a luxury activity suitable primarily for wealthy countries but an absolute necessity for poor countries that hope to become richer
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 107) and index
