Science and technology helped Western nations achieve their current levels of development, but the same transforming effect is yet to happen in Africa. A key challenge for African countries is to work out how much to invest in science and then how to allocate these investments, says a new paper co-authored by PhD fellow Hugo Confraria. Africa’s share of global scientific output has clearly improved in the last decade, up from 1.6% in 2004 to 2.6% in 2013. On the one hand, this shows the continen...
Our press review features the latest publications by UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. Output for October includes seven journal articles, six working papers, three discussion papers and three PhD dissertations: covering nanotech cancer therapy, firm investment behaviour, and young entrepreneurs in rural Africa, among many others. Journal Articles ‘Natural Resources and Violent Conflict’ discusses the rich and multifaceted literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the complex relation...