Key Sources on Nanotechnology for Development

Here are some key websites for those interested in Nanotechnology for Development.

SciDev.Net Quick Guide to Nanotechnology

The Meridian Institute's Project: Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities and Risks

Todd Barker et al, "Nanotechnology and Poor: Opportunities and Risks: Closing the Gaps Within and Between Sectors of Society" The Meridian Institute, January, 2005.

International Dialogue on Responsible R&D, The Meridian Institute, Report of a meeting, 2004.

Salamanca-Buentello F, Persad DL, Court EB, Martin DK, Daar AS, et al. "Nanotechnology and the Developing World" PLoS Med (2005)

Peter A. Singer, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello and Abdallah S. Daar, "Harnessing Nanotechnology to Improve Global Equity," Issues in Science and Technology, Summer, 2005.

Bryan Bruns, "Applying Nanotechnology to the Challenges of Global Poverty," 1st Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology: Research, Applications, and Policy, October, 2004.

2003 UK Nanotechnology enquiry, evidence from Brazil, Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida

NanoScience and Technology in China, NanoTechWire.com, December, 2004.

"Why Nanotechnology Holds the Key to (India"s) Future," R Subramanyam, Times News Network, March 23, 2005.

"Nanotechnology in the new EU Member States and the Candidate Countries. Who`s who and Research Priorities," Nanoforum Consortium, September, 2005.

"Patenting the “Climate Genes”…And Capturing the Climate Agenda"

"The world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on genes in plants that the companies will market as crops genetically engineered to withstand environmental stresses such as drought, heat, cold, floods, saline soils, and more. BASF, Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, Dupont and biotech partners have file. . .

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The African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST)

AMCOST was established in November 2003 under the auspices of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the African Union (AU). It is a high-level platform for developing policies and setting priorities on science, technology and innovation for African development. AMCOST provides political and policy leadership for the implementatio. . .

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Network of Centres of Excellence

The Network of Centers of Excellence is a project designed to work with selected outstanding scientific and technological institutions in the developing world, using them as regional hubs of learning and training for developing country scientists and engineers. To this end, the Network organizes long- and short-term training courses scientists from. . .

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"The Role of Post-Graduate Education in Research Systems"

Prepared for the UNESCO/DCU Workshop on Trends in Post-Graduate Education. 5-7 March 2008. in Dublin City University, Ireland. M-L kearney, UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge. (PDF, 15 pages).

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NanoFutures

This is a nanotech scenario-building and critiquing effort managed by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society of Arizona State University. It is self described as "an experiment in creating social engagement around anticipatory governance of nanotechnology." The current topic areas are titled: * Barless Prisons * Bionic Eyes * Living with . . .

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"CLUSTERS AND COMPETITIVENESS: A NEW FEDERAL ROLE FOR STIMULATING REGIONAL ECONOMIES"

This report discusses the role of industrial clusters in economic development, focusing on potential for improvement of cluster development in the United States. It recommends the development of an information center on clusters and of a grants program to provide federal subsidies to stimulate cluster development. Michael Porter provides an annex d. . .

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Nanotechnology Dossier

The Observatory on Science and Technology for ACP Agriculture and Rural Development provides this dossier on nanotechnology, intended specifically for those interesting in nanotechnology applications in developing nations.

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"Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (Collected Studies)"

"The debate over offshoring of production, transfer of technological capabilities, and potential loss of U.S. competitiveness is a long-running one. Prevailing thinking is that the world is flat that is, innovative capacity is spreading uniformly; as new centers of manufacturing emerge, research and development and new product development follow. . . .

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"Foreign High-Tech R&D in China"

Subtitle: 'RISKS, REWARDS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS" From the Forward: "This study explores the confluence of two key aspects of the architecture of international relations in the 21st century—globalization and an increasingly trade-oriented conception of national security—within the specific context of foreign high-tech resea. . .

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“How to Regulate Science”

This article discusses approaches to the regulation of emerging technologies, considering the approaches taken to nuclear technology, information and communication technologies, and biotechnology. Francis Fukuyama, The Public Interest, no. 146 (Winter 2002).

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