Research in Focus

East African fishing industry innovates its way out of economic disaster
When she set out to do field research related to the 1997 EU ban on fish exports from East Africa, INTECH researcher Rose Kiggundu expected to document cases of failed fish processing businesses, and she did find some. But even more striking were the emerging success stories as fish processors regrouped, shared knowledge and mobilised a support network, tinkered with the available machinery and found a way to turn the situation to their advantage.. read more

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Training and Capacity Building

The first two students to benefit from UNU-INTECH 's PhD internship scheme in 2003 completed their 3-month stay at the Institute in June. The UNU-INTECH PhD Internship Programme provides an opportunity for up to eight students each year, drawn mainly from developing countries, to undertake research at the Institute, supervised by the resident senior researchers. Moses Geply (Liberia) and Parameswaran Mavannoor (India) have gone back to their respective universities to complete their PhD studies. More about the UNU-INTECH Ph.D. Programme

New Publications

• Technology Policy Briefs Vol 2 Issue 1 2003
  Transnational Corporations, Learning and Innovation Implication of the TRIMs Agreement (PDF 118 Kb)
• DP 2003-5 The Internet Diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-country Analysis by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and Kaushalesh Lal (PDF 125 Kb)
• DP 2003-4 Defining an Intellectual Property Right on Traditional Medicinal Knowledge: A Process-Oriented Perspective by Padmashree Gehl Sampath (PDF 152 Kb)
• Inaugural Lecture: New Wave Technologies: Their Emergence, Difussion and Impact; The Case of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology and the Developing World by Prof. Lynn K. Mytelka (DP 2003-3) (PDF 235 Kb)
• New Book: AfricaDotEdu: IT Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa

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INTECH Research Seminar Series 2003-7 : " Implications of the International Poverty Trap for Technological Development " by Dr. Charles Gore, 18 September

UNU-INTECH to convene a session at the 18th Global Biodiversity Forum