Africa's Science Skills Dearth Slows Development

While Africa's burgeoning economic growth may be able to sustain science through domestic funding, the shortage of scientists and research capacity threatens this very growth, an analyst says.
  • Africa:   Science Backlog 'Threatens Development'

    SciDev.Net, 2 November 2012

    The "remarkable recent economic growth" in many African countries may be able to sustain science through domestic funding (rather than through external sources) - but a lack of… Read more »

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