Report from the Secretary General.
Report from the Secretary General.
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秘书长的报告。
DOI：
10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.09003-3.x
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
19.6
通讯作者：
J. J. Weening
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作者：
J. J. Weening
本报告力求确定有效促进科学、技术和工程学促进创新和教育和研究能力建设的政策，作为实现《千年宣言》所载千年发展目标的更广泛有利政策框架的一部分。尽管人们普遍认为，技术创新是新千年可持续经济增长的驱动力和关键来源，但许多发展中国家尚未从科学、技术和创新的承诺中受益。利用知识促进发展需要将科学、技术和创新置于国家发展战略的中心。特别是，科技创新政策可以为科技人才提供特殊的工作条件，并建立奖励机制，以促进旨在应对国家和区域发展挑战的研究。促进研究和开发可以通过将科学和技术研究商业化来应对发展挑战和创造就业来补充。风险资本可以补充贷款和小额信贷，作为促进有前途的企业所需的一种金融和指导支持形式。发展中国家可以与世界其他地区面临共同发展挑战的其他发展中国家加强区域科技创新能力建设网络。最后，创新可能需要社会拥抱变化、创造力和学习。如果没有一种有利于创新的文化，科技创新能力建设机制可能无法为发展中国家带来创新所承诺的回报。
Executive summary This report seeks to identify policies for the effective promotion of science, technology and engineering for innovation and capacity-building in education and research, as part of the wider enabling policy framework to meet the Millennium Development Goals contained in the Millennium Declaration. Though there is wide consensus that technological innovation is a driver and critical source of sustainable economic growth in the new millennium, many developing countries have yet to benefit from the promises of science, technology and innovation (STI). Harnessing knowledge for development requires putting science, technology and innovation at the centre of national development strategies. In particular, STI policies can provide special working conditions for science and technology talent and institute reward structures to promote research directed at addressing national and regional development challenges. The promotion of research and development can be complemented by the commercialization of scientific and technological research for addressing developmental challenges and creating employment. Venture capital can supplement loans and microfinance as a form of financial and mentorship support needed to catalyse promising enterprises. Developing countries can augment regional STI capacity-building networks with other developing countries that share common development challenges in other regions of the world. Finally, innovation may require that society embrace change, creativity and learning. Without an innovation-friendly culture, STI capacity-building mechanisms may not deliver the returns that innovation promises the developing world.