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This book is based on an international conference organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency in March 2001 in Spain. The conference was co-sponsored by the European Commission, Pan American...

This publication contains proceedings of a symposium on Radioactive Residues and the Environment, held in the USA in November 1999. Radioactive residues can originate from several sources and may give...

The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...

The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review of Zambia has three fundamental goals. Its first goal is to offer Zambia an assessment of activities and institutions that make up its innovation...

The Uganda Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Review supports Ugandan development aspirations which require that its national science, technology and innovation (STI) plans and programmes make...

Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...

The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...

This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...

The report presents UNCTAD's assessment of the national innovation system of Botswana including indicators of STI capacity, key actors, STI policy frameworks, use of new technologies for...

The ability of a country to sustain rapid economic growth in the long run is highly dependent on the effectiveness with which its institutions and policies support the technological transformation and...

The goal of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy review series is to enable participating countries to evaluate the effectiveness of a science and technology system by the economic...

UNCTAD Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Reviews (STIP Reviews) are an analytical and policy learning process for country’s science, technology and innovation (STI) stakeholders to reach a...