Science and Economic Development Conference Science & Technology to Support Pakistan’s Economic Development The Conference Report

United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.

Despite a long gestation period in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) and overall expenditures estimated at some $50 million for this Vienna held conference, there were no dramatic results. The Conference faced trying to reach some compromise agreement on the following main points: 1) a global information system, and governing princ...

Science , religion and economic development

The correlations between scientometric indices, macroeconomic variables and results from attitude polls in different countries were explored. The results show that a minimum threshold of economic development (around GDP per capita of 1000 US$) is required for science and the economy of a country to interact. After that threshold, a positive interaction between economic development, scientific d...

science and technology diplomacy model based on the economic complexity

Background and Aim: The history of the evolution of human societies indicates the important and civilizing role of science and technology in the formation of economic, social, cultural, and political relations. Along with the increasing speed and development of science and technology, economic, social, cultural, and political concepts and approaches have also changed and played a more colorful ...

Symposium on Science and Irish Economic Development

Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development

The closing decades of the twentieth century witnessed a sharp transition in the grand themes that had provided the context for development thought and practice during the previous half century. The process of political decolonization was followed by concerns about the implications of the globalization of economic activity. The fall of the Berlin Wall, which signaled the end of the Cold War, el...