Taking the opportunity - Science and Innovation for Development

摘要

Science and Innovation for Development by Professor Sir Gordon Conway and Professor Jeff Waage with Sara Delaney. After more than 40 years of working in various roles in international development, Professor Sir Gordon Conway not only knows how sciencehas contributed to development, but wishes to see it used more widely. He has enlisted the help of colleague and friend Professor Jeff Waage. A review by Sara Delaney. Science and Innovation for Development is both an educational text and a tool for advocacy. The book provides comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the contribution of science to challenges like malaria, water quality and deforestation, ft alsoargues for the importance of improving scientific capacity and networks and supporting the development of technologies appropriate for the poor.