Clinton puts science at heart of US development strategy - SciDev.Net

Clinton puts science at heart of US development strategy - SciDev.Net: "Clinton puts science at heart of US development strategy

Yojana Sharma

16 July 2010 | EN | ES | 中文
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Hillary Clinton: 'A friend of science'

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Moves by the the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to put science, technology and innovation firmly at the centre of its aid efforts have been enthusiastically endorsed by a rousing speech from secretary of state Hillary Clinton, in which she described herself as 'a friend of science'.

'Innovation, science [and] technology must again become fundamental components of how we conduct development work,' Clinton told a high-level meeting of international development and science experts in Washington DC this week (14 July)."