What's new
on the Web:
recent postings
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UNU/INTECH

The UNU Institute for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH) library catalogue is now available on the web. The library's holdings are specialized in the field of science, technology and innovation issues with particular attention to publications and papers on developing countries.

The catalogue can be found under the main Library page on the INTECH website, where a link in the right menu called "Library Catalogue" will take you to the search screen. Simple and advanced search are available along with a help option for assistance with exact subject terms, author, organization, and so on.

UNU/INTECH also offers a worldwide interlibrary loan service provided the counterpart library is also a participant in the IFLA Voucher Scheme. For further information contact Ad Notten, Librarian, UNU/INTECH.

Recent postings to the UNU/INTECH website include:

• Do the Least Developed Countries need Science and Technology for Sustainable Development? – Lynn Mytelka
• Role of Government in Promoting Innovation in the Enterprise Sector An Analysis of the Indian Experience – Sunil Mani
• Government and Innovation Policy An Analysis of the South African Experience since 1994 – Sunil Mani
• Firm Size, Technological Capabilities and Market-Oriented Policies in Mauritius – Ganeshan Wignaraja
• Policy Instruments for Stimulating R&D in the Enterprise Sector: The Contrasting Experiences of Two MNC Dominated Economies from Southeast Asia – Sunil Mani
• Industrialization Meets Globalization: Uncertain Reflections on East Asian Experience – Larry E. Westphal
• The Dynamics of Technological Learning in Industrialisation – Linsu Kim
• Policy Relevance and Theory Development in Innovation Studies – Anthony Bartzokas
• Local Clusters, Innovation Systems and Sustained Competitiveness – Lynn Mytelka and Fulvia Farinelli
• Korea’s Innovation System: Challenges and New Policy Agenda – Joonghae Suh

UNU/WIDER

Several new discussion papers are now available on the UNU/WIDER website.

• Displaced Communities and the Reconstruction of Livelihoods in Eritrea – Gaim Kibreab
• From Humanitarian Assistance to Poverty Reduction in Angola – Mário Adauta de Sousa, Tony Addison, Björn Ekman and Åsa Stenman
• Changes in Poverty Profile in China – Li Shi
• The Software Industry and India's Economic Development – Ashish Arora and Suma Athreye
• Redistributive Impact of Privatization and the Regulation of Utilities in Chile – Ricardo Paredes M.
• Reconstruction from War in Africa: Communities, Entrepreneurs, and States – Tony Addison
• The Social Impact of Privatization and the Regulation of Utilities in Peru – Máximo Torero and Alberto Pascó-Font
• From Conflict to Reconstruction – Tony Addison
• Access to Utilities by the Poor – Kristin Komives, Dale Whittington and Xun Wu
• The Agrarian Question in Mozambique's Transition and Reconstruction – Marc Wuyts
• The Reform of the Utilities Sector in Spain – Pablo Arocena
• Overcoming the Fiscal Crisis of the African State – Tony Addison and Léonce Ndikumana
• Cross-country Diffusion of the Internet  – Sampsa Kiiski and Matti Pohjola

Papers from WIDER Development Conference on Growth and Poverty are all available at: http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2001-1/conference1.htm