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This report focuses on how innovation policies can expressly promote industrial development, and what lessons can be learnt from existing experiences of countries, both developing and developed. It...

These proceedings are adopted from an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference held in Stockholm in May 2001. The meeting was held in cooperation with the World Customs Organization...

The Technology and Innovation Report 2018 discusses the role of frontier technologies in sustainable development. It outlines the main features and the manifold ways in which they can accelerate...

The UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2021 examines the likelihood of frontier technologies widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international...

We live in a time of rapid technological change, at the height of the digital transformation and the early stages of the Industry 4.0 revolution. When guided by an inclusive and sustainable compass...

The objective of this book and of the maintenance function is to ensure the utilization of the most efficient production equipment, utilities and related facilities at optimal cost and under...

This Manual provides guidance for the planning, analysis, appraisal and implementation of small- and medium-scale industrial investments. Drawing on broad-based experiences in the field of small...

In-depth papers presented by experts in the field discuss the new dimensions being created by biotechnology. They review both general and product-oriented policies and programmes in developed and...

Today, software production is an industry essential for the growth of the economies of developing countries. This publication, along with presenting an overview of the industry, discusses market...

The 2010 Technology and Innovation Report - Enhancing Food Security in Africa Through Science, Technology and Innovation - focuses on the challenges of improving agricultural performance in Africa and...

This report argues that responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty and mitigating climate change requires a new energy paradigm. Such a paradigm would have renewable energy...

This Technology and Innovation Report argues that with the growing importance of developing countries globally, the time is ripe to move beyond analyzing current trends in South-South trade and...

This technical manual presents information to assist developing countries in the selection of the right type of machinery and equipment for processing forest resources. The areas covered include...

The uniqueness of Turkey being at the crossroads where east meets west, provides an abundance of issues for research and analysis. The influence of the European economy on industrial development in...

This series of publications serve to illuminate the benefits of timber as a structural material by providing scientific and detailed justification. They illustrate the economic feasibility for the use...

This series of publications serve to illuminate the benefits of timber as a structural material by providing scientific and detailed justification. They illustrate the economic feasibility for the use...

This series of publications serve to illuminate the benefits of timber as a structural material by providing scientific and detailed justification. They illustrate the economic feasibility for the use...

From 2 to 20 May 1993, lectures were presented at the Timber Engineering Workshop (TEW) which took place in Melbourne, Australia, to present the greater use of timber as a structural material and help...

This series of publications serve to illuminate the benefits of timber as a structural material by providing scientific and detailed justification. They illustrate the economic feasibility for the use...

A new and expertly organized publication which provides easy access to existing information sources considered to be of direct practical interest and value to potential users. The data incorporated in...