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Why science and technology capacity building for social development?

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  • Renato Dagnino

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Brazil combines acute and complex socio-environmental problems and a techno-scientific potential able to cope with it by producing knowledge for social development. Its past shows that when there was the political will to produce the knowledge needed to achieve the goals of a national project, this potential could respond satisfactorily. As suggested by the title, this paper discusses why science and technology (S&T) capacity building is relevant for social development goals. It presents 'the stage we are at' concerning the demand side, the supply side, as well as the political side of Brazil's current environment of S&T for social development. These elements help us trace some policy directions on how to achieve S&T for social inclusion, presented as an agenda for future actions. Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

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  • Renato Dagnino, 2012. "Why science and technology capacity building for social development?," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 39(5), pages 548-556, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:39:y:2012:i:5:p:548-556
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    1. Peter T. Jacobs & Alexis Habiyaremye & Bhekiwe Fakudze & Kgabo Ramoroka & Siyanda Jonas, 2019. "Producing Knowledge to Raise Rural Living Standards: How Universities Connect with Resource-Poor Municipalities in South Africa," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(4), pages 881-901, September.
    2. Arturo Torres & Rosalba Casas & Claudia De Fuentes & Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz, 2014. "Strategies and governance of the Mexican system of innovation: challenges for an inclusive development," Chapters, in: Gabriela Dutrénit & Judith Sutz (ed.), National Innovation Systems, Social Inclusion and Development, chapter 2, pages 34-67, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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