Mobilizing Science-Based Enterprises for Energy, Water, and Medicines in Nigeria (2007) / Chapter Skim
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2 Methodology
2 Methodology
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The second collaboration took the form of organizing a symposium of World Bank staff and National Academies experts entitled "Marshaling Technology for Development."1 The objective of the gathering was to identify emerging technologies that would be of economic benefit to the client countries of the Bank and would enable them to find new productivity niches in world markets. The lesson for the Bank and the Academies was that the economic potential of a developing country could not be accurately assessed by taking into account only those industries 1 National Research Council, Marshaling Technology for Deelopment: Proceedings of a Sym posium, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1995, http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/ 5022.html.
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It is not an exact science, but 2 National Research Council, Prospectus for National Knowledge Assessment, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996, http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/9528.html; National Research Council, Lighting the Way: Knowledge Assessment in Prince Edward Island, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999, http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/6413.html.
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This question-and-answer mode usually begins by a foreign expert describing what must be done to create a successful business in his or her own country and then asking, "How can we achieve this here? " Very soon the local experts begin asking the questions as they take into account their own different situation.
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For this reason, the emphasis in this report is not on providing technical details, which in any case must be checked and updated, but on describing the range of technological choices and the questions that must be asked by potential entrepreneurs and investors. NIgERIAN ADAPTATION The motivations underlying application of the knowledge assessment methodology in Nigeria differed from those underlying the methodology presented to the World Bank.
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Although artemisinin-based malaria therapy is needed worldwide, it is presently available at low or no cost to patients only in some government clinics in the developing world. That situation will soon change, however, because of the international actions described in the next chapter, and Nigerian companies may have an early opportunity to become part of the global value chain while ensuring that Nigerians have reliable supplies.
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