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Africa: Continent Needs its Own Science Indicators

University World News, 10 July 2011, Issue 179

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Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education ((GPHE))

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Evidence-based indicators in science, technology, and innovation (STI) help governments across the world to formulate policies and identify opportunities for development. The second round of a survey designed to capture such indicators across Africa, a project sponsored by SIDA, was recently launched in Ethiopia.

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Wamae, W. (2017). Africa: Continent Needs its Own Science Indicators. In: Mihut, G., Altbach, P.G., Wit, H.d. (eds) Understanding Global Higher Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-044-8_20

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