# RESOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This paper on Strategic Approaches to Science and Technology in Development was produced in tandem with several background pieces, including a larger volume, together referred to as "A Resource Book for S&T in Development." The various background papers composing the resource book treat many of the issues discussed in this strategic approaches paper in greater detail. Throughout this paper, footnotes will direct the interested reader to the more detailed discussions contained in these background papers. Full citations for publications cited **in** both the strategic approaches paper and the resource book may be found in the bibliography. Titles of the background papers included in the resource book include: "Bi-laterals, NGOs, and Foundation Experience"; "Science and Technology for Development Regional Issues in S&T Policies for Developing Countries: Africa--Selected Case Studies of S&T and Innovation Capacity"; "Lessons Learned from Previous Attempts to Promote S&T Capacity"; "RAND Study: Science and Technology Collaboration-Building Capacity **in** Developing Countries"; "The Millennium Science Initiative"; and, "The Role of the Pnvate Sector in Facilitating the Acquisition of Technology in Developing Countries." Please contact authors Sara Farley or Robert Watson for further mquiries.' This first volume was presented to the Bank Board in tandem with the Tertiary Education Strategy on July 23, 2002, where it received approval and commentary.

The authors would like to thank several kind contributors and reviewers for their ideas, commentary, edit and support. These individuals include: Elju Pehu, Launtz Holm-Nielsen, Gary Alex, Jean-Eric Aubert, Derek Byerlee, Shawki Barghouti, Leonid Norsworthy, Jacob Bregman, Donald Bundy, Charles Kenney, Sarwat Hussain, Mariam Claeson, and Kabir Kumar. Special thanks are due to several external contnbutors including C.N. R. Rao, Victor Ngu, Caroline Wagner, Gerald Lalor, Attia Sashour, Enk Thulstrup, Najia Ariguib, Tony Maijoram, Lill-Ann Bjaarstad Medina, Abed Peerally, Pedro Aymonino, E.M. Essien, Karin Roggenbuck, Jon Andri Lys and M. Shamsher Ali. The team initiated the work under Ian Johnson, vice president of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network and finalized the work under Ruth Kagia, director of the Education Department and Jo Ritzen, vice president of the Human Development Network.

Extensive consultations on various drafts were carried out within and outside of the World Bank. In addition to review meetings with various sector staff in the Human Development and Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Networks as well as other areas of relevance to the Bank's S&T work, stakeholder consultations were convened in Paris, Abidjan, and New Delhi to seek the views of the international S&T community. The list of those who attended these consultations and review meetings and who generously offered written conmments would be to long to permit recognition of the contributions of each individual. Annex 3 contains the names, titles and country of origin of all of those individuals who served as reviewers, consultants and peer editors to whom we offer our thanks.

Email addresses follow: rwatson@worldbank.org and sfarley@worldbank.org ii