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Nature 408, 768 (14 December 2000) | doi:10.1038/35048761
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Pressure to meet current needs hinders science
Rodney W. Nichols1
- New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
Your report (Nature 407, 276; 2000) about the World Bank giving higher priority to science was a welcome reminder that, unfortunately, national and international 'development' organizations have given short shrift to the scientific and technological base that is essential to enable countries to prosper.In December 1992, former US president Jimmy Carter and I, with a distinguished task force from the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government, released a report entitled "Partnerships for Global Development: The Clearing Horizon".
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