UNESCO Science Report 2010: The Current Status of Science Around the World

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UNESCO, Jan 1, 2010 - Political Science - 536 pages
The latest in a series which analyzes the status of science worldwide every five years, the UNESCO Science Report 2010 is divided into national and regional chapters, each written by experts who hail from the same country or region they are covering. The first chapter provides a global overview of the main developments in scientific research, innovation and higher education since 2005. Subsequent chapters provide a regional perspective of the situation in Latin America, the Caribbean, European Union, Southeast Europe, Arab states, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. These regional chapters are interspersed with national chapters shining the spotlight on Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, India, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Turkey and the USA.

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Contents

2 United States of America
28
3 Canada
60
4 Latin America
76
5 Brazil
102
6 Cuba
122
7 The CARICOM countries
132
8 European Union
146
9 Southeast Europe
182
14 SubSaharan Africa
278
15 South Asia
322
16 Iran
348
17 India
362
18 China
378
19 Japan
400
20 Republic of Korea
414
21 Southeast Asia and Oceania
436

10 Turkey
200
11 Russian Federation
214
12 Central Asia
234
13 Arab states
250
Annexes
464
Statistical annex
472
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