Poorest countries must invest in science, technology to dev
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. &nbsp;»&nbsp;<a href='http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/19/business/UN-FIN-ECO-UN-Developing-Knowledge.php'>original news</a>

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