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Published online 29 December 2008 | 457, 14 (2009) | doi:10.1038/457014a

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Single fund for African science aid

Cash pool could break power struggles between competing agencies on the continent.

Plans to funnel much of the science, technology and education aid bound for Africa into a single fund are taking shape. Such a move could boost the flow of cash from donors and improve coordination of science development activities on the continent.

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