Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Tables, figure, and box; Acronyms for institutions and programmes; Regarding terminology; Contributors and editors; The Uppsala declaration and recommendations for action; 1 Introduction; 2 Strengthening the basic sciences in the South; 3 Development and basic sciences in the Third World: progress through knowledge; 4 Research in the basic sciences from a developing country perspective; 5 How training in the basic sciences affects the development process
6 Donor models for strengthening research capacity in developing countries7 The status of the basic sciences in Africa; 8 Basic sciences in developing countries: the case of Mozambique; 9 A viewpoint from Latin America regarding the basic sciences and development; 10 The need to strengthen Indian research in the basic sciences; 11 Development-oriented research in the basic sciences: the case of Vietnam; Appendix: addresses; Index
Summary
First published in 1998. In the Third World, development-orientated research in the basic sciences have received a negligible share of available resources from domestic and foreign sources. This book addresses the growing concerns regarding the policies guiding support to development research in recipient countries
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 29, 2018)
