28 Jun 2002, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 11:10
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Developed countries have for a long time collected statistics on science and technology (S&T); activities and their contribution to development and have also focused on how interpretation of these statistics could inform policy. In addition, these indicators, as they are called, have been used to determine and compare the relative positions of the various countries in the global economy. For such comparisons to be meaningful, however, it was necessary to standardize the units and methodologies. That process led to the development and adoption of a number of manuals, namely, Frascati, Oslo …
This paper explores the reasons for the success of the new technologies and examines the uses to which the technology is put. Discusses the need for education and human resource development if the computer and other technologies are to be productively utilised in agriculture, industry and other areas.…
1 Ago 2002, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 11:10
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Abstract Human capital flows can take several forms and include the international circulation of scientists, information technology experts, intellectuals, artists and entrepreneurs. The evidence shows that traditional brain drain , say a permanent and irreversible outflow of human capital, co-exists also with cycles of emigration and return of national talent ( brain circulation ). Thus, for developing countries, the emigration of domestic talent need not be always a permanent loss. However, although return rates vary from country to country, poor economies suffer particularly…