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Published online 2 January 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/451008a

Capacity building: The road from Rio

Are think-tanks staffed by scientists a luxury that only rich nations can afford? Ehsan Masood meets the founders of four institutes that set out to help poorer nations to think for themselves.

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