Science, Technology, Innovation and Development: An Analysis In Light of The UN Millennium Project.

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.

Aboubakar YARI & Venus YARI

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Abstract:

When strictly adhere to, the development guidelines proposed under the United Nations Millennium Project demonstrated their capacity to quickly develop countries and the Asian tigers demonstrated the value of these principles in development processes. Applying these principles the Biotech tropicana systems quickly develops. Here, we discuss how science, technology, and innovation can be applied in a development process.

Keywords: Science; Technology; Innovation; Development;

Organization:

This paper is organized to comport two parts:

1. An Abstract from a UN Millennium Project report; In Innovation: Applying Knowledge In Development. Followed
2. by comments.

Abstract 1:

How science and technology can contribute to achieving the Goals.

Juma et al; pp 20-21. In Innovation: Applying knowledge In Development.

Contribution to human welfare.

 A nation’s ability to solve problems and initiate and sustain economic growth depends partly on its capabilities in science, technology, and innovation.1 Science and technology are linked to economic growth; scientific and technical capabilities determine the ability to provide clean water, good health care, adequate infrastructure, and safe food. Development trends around the world need to be reviewed to evaluate the role that science, technology, and innovation play in economic transformation in particular and sustainable development in general (Juma and others 2001).

Contribution to Security.

Improving the welfare of developing countries is not only an end in itself, it is also intricately intertwined with the security of all countries, making development a truly global venture. Indeed, countries such as the United States have started to classify human development challenges that are prevalent in developing countries, such as HIV/AIDS, as national security issues. This is the beginning of a process that recognizes the emergence of a globalized world that requires collective action to deal with issues once considered strictly national (UN 2004).

Cooperation with the private sector (short comments by authors)

This report addresses Goal 8 (“Building global partnerships for development”) and target 18 (“In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications”). Its remit has been broadened to include how science, technology, and innovation can be enhanced and put to use to help all countries achieve the Goals. The task force’s mission is guided by the understanding that most Goals cannot be achieved without a framework of action that places science, technology, and innovation at the center of the development process.

Contributions through collaborations (short comments by authors)

Experts from anywhere in the world can help apply science and technology to assist developing countries to meet the Goals. But if long-term goals are to be achieved and growth and problem-solving are to become indigenous and sustainable, developing countries need to develop their own capabilities for science, technology, and innovation. This goal is the focus of this report. Meeting it requires an approach that views science, technology, and innovation as a system of interconnecting capabilities, including governance, education, institutions, advice, and collaboration.3

The need for integration of different development sectors. (short comments by authors)

The strategies proposed by the task force are meant to complement, not replace, other approaches. For example, science, technology, and innovation play an important role in addressing the challenges associated with eliminating poverty and hunger, as the case of Southeast Asia demonstrates (box 2.1). They reduce poverty by contributing to economic development (by creating job opportunities and raising agricultural productivity, for example). They alleviate hunger by improving nutrition, increasing yields of cash and subsistence crops, improving soil management, and creating efficient irrigation systems.4 In themselves, however, these scientific and technological measures do not solve the challenges of poverty and hunger; they need to be part of an integrated strategy aimed at improving overall human welfare.

ICTs can increase primary, secondary, and tertiary education by facilitating distance learning, providing remote access to educational resources, and enabling

other solutions. Many technologies hold the promise of significantly improving the

condition of women in developing countries (by improving energy sources, agricultural technology, and access to water and sanitation, for example).

Many health interventions—including the treatment and prevention of malaria,

HIV/AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and vitamin and other micronutrient deficiencies—require new treatments and vaccines. The production of generic medicines holds the promise of improving poor people’s access to essential medicines.

Science and technology can also improve the monitoring of drug quality.

Improved scientific as well as traditional or indigenous knowledge at the local level will be indispensable for monitoring and managing complex ecosystems, such as watersheds, forests, and seas, and for helping to predict (and thereby manage) the impact of climate change and the loss of biodiversity. Access to water and sanitation will require continuous improvement in low-cost technologies for water delivery and treatment, drip irrigation, and sanitation.

Comments 1:

Integration of inter dependent sectors of development is at the centre of development strategies of the Biotech tropicana Systems.

‘For example, science, technology, and innovation play an important role in addressing the challenges associated with eliminating poverty and hunger, as the case of Southeast Asia demonstrates (box 2.1).’ Juma et al;

The basis of policy 33. Pro Life, Pro Development Policy. Biotech tropicana Systems.

‘as the case of Southeast Asia demonstrates (box 2.1). Juma et al;

As the Biotech tropicana Systems demonstrate in Africa. Applying these principles, the Biotech tropicana Systems move aid recipient to aid donor. With a basic capital $ 100.000 USD, the company acquired a market value in the order of billions USD in 15 years.

‘Improved scientific as well as traditional or indigenous knowledge at the local

level will be indispensable for monitoring and managing complex ecosystems’

The Biotech tropicana Systems SASEP, the SMART African Stock Exchange Portfolio program is designed on the basis of the principle above, to improve monitoring of African chaotic to non existent technology market by creating a web based stock exchange system at a continental level and integrating the SASEP stock exchange into the global stock exchange system.

ICTs can increase primary, secondary, and tertiary education by facilitating distance learning, providing remote access to educational resources, and enabling

other solutions.

Addressed by Biotech tropicana,IncFACILITATOR.

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Abstract 2:

The Tigers Miracle.

Box 2.1

Why did Southeast

Asia and the

Asian Pacific

grow so quickly?

At least three critical elements contributed to the rapid economic transformation of Southeast Asia and the Asian Pacific. These features are critical to achieving the Goals throughoutthe world:

1. Basic infrastructure, including roads, schools, water, sanitation, irrigation, clinics, telecommunications, and energy.
2. Small and medium-size enterprises that supply goods and services to the agriculture and natural resources sectors. Developing these enterprises requires developing indigenous operational, repair, and maintenance expertise and a pool of local technicians. Without this base, indigenous industries cannot scale up and the economy cannot benefit from technology.
3. Government support and funding to establish and nurture academies of engineering and technological sciences, professional engineering and technological associations, and industrial and trade associations. These human resource and supporting institutional frameworks spur sector wide innovations in development processes.

Science and technology can also play an important role in facilitating implementation of the Goals on education, gender, health, and sustainable development. The World Summit on Sustainable Development affirmed the importance of science and technology. But the scientific, engineering, and technology communities have yet to be fully integrated into a system that encourages and enables development. Very capable engineering organizations and expertise are available to address acute problems, such as natural or other disasters. But the ability to put these resources to use for long-term sustainable development in developing countries is lacking.

Comments 2:

‘Very capable engineering organizations and expertise are available to address acute problems, such as natural or other disasters. But the ability to put these resources to use for long-term sustainable development in developing countries is lacking’. Juma et al;

Q: Why?

A: See Sachs et al; In Ending Africa’s poverty. The five structural reasons why sub Saharan Africa is lagging behind in its development, compared to other parts of the world.

Applying development principles that mimics those proposed in the UN MDG, the south east Asia tigers move from aid recipient countries with characteristics of developing countries, to aid donor countries with characteristics of developed countries in about a quarter of century (25 years).

Similar development characteristics worsen in many developing countries in sub Saharan Africa after more than 50 years of implementation of development programs. Many of these countries are still heavily dependent of foreign aid.

Chaotic non integrated development programs have a lot to blame. For example, in country the Biotech tropicana Systems developed an HIV/AIDS program for public institutions based a contracted agreements. The program was well funded by foreign donor institution and held a good potential for capacity building for the public institutions.  Contracted agreements were violated, no capacity was built, no result output was obtained, and the all fund was gone. Big televised conferences were held, for no result in facts. Zero. The Biotech tropicana Systems closed any further collaboration with the institutions at issue. Some affiliated institutions later approaches with the same argument in another projects. The institutions again held big televised conferences to defend the merit of their project. Zero. Our analysis is that, again as in many other projects the institutions will produce the same negative result. The Biotech tropicana Systems strictly decline any involvement.