Poorest countries must invest in science, technology to develop: UN report

Poorest countries must invest in science, technology to develop: UN report
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GENEVA: The world's least developed countries need to invest heavily in science and technology if they want to catch up with richer nations, a U.N. report said Thursday. To do so, poor countries must devote funds to promoting their "knowledge economy," and donors should increase the amount of aid they give to projects that improve a country's ability to develop its industrial and agricultural sectors, according to the report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development.

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