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Science, Engineering, and Economic Growth in Africa: Development Cooperation Challenges and Opportunities
Public Lecture and Discussion by Professor Calestous Juma at the National Academy of Sciences on January 9, 2009
Announcement
December 6, 2008
Related: Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization; Science, Technology, and Public Policy; Agricultural Innovation in Africa
The lecture will explore the role that emerging technologies can play in fostering economic growth and improving human welfare in Africa. It will re-examine opportunities for development cooperation between the United States and Africa in light of the current global food and financial and crises. It will draw on experiences on the linkages between economic growth and technological innovation in fields such as agriculture, health, energy, education, and environmental management.
Special Guest:
Koji Omi
Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum, Tokyo, Japan
Member, House of Representatives
Former Minister of Finance of Japan
Friday, January 9, 2009
9:00am – 10:30 am
The Lecture Room, National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. (entrance on C Street)
(No prior registration required)
Those who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast of the event and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org.
A summary of the lecture will be published by Nature magazine. It will be available online on January 15, 2009.
Listen to the lecture and view the powerpoint presentation here.
Co-sponsored by:
The National Academies, Washington, D.C.
Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Center for International Science, Technology, and Public Policy
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Civilian Research and Development Foundation, Washington, D.C.
International Development Program
Paul Nitze School for Advanced International Study, Johns Hopkins University
Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School
Science, Technology and Peacebuilding Program, United States Institute of Peace
Science and Technology in Society forum, Tokyo, Japan
Related Event:
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TIMES OF CRISIS: Challenges and Opportunities for International Cooperation — A lecture by Professor Calestous Juma, Friday, January 16, 2009, 12:30–1:30 pm, at the University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Room 2172.
Resources:
Learn to Earn
Science and Innovation in Africa
Group on Science and Innovation Policy (GOSIP)
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