Asia: Rising Stars of Science and Engineering
Posted on January 22, 2007 Comments (5)
Great report – The Atlas of Ideas: How Asian innovation can benefit us all by Charles Leadbeater and James Wilsdon:
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China is mobilising massive resources for innovation through ambitious long-term plans, funded by rapid economic growth. Beijing’s university district produces as many engineers as all of western Europe. China is developing world-class universities and attracting multinational innovation centres.
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India’s elite, trained at the Indian Institutes of Technology, are second to none. New institutions like the National Science and Engineering Foundation could energise a disjointed innovation system. Yet India’s innovation elite may face a rural backlash. Its infrastructure is in poor repair and cities like Bengalooru are congested. Even the much-vaunted IITs do not, unlike their US counterparts, animate innovation clusters.
Year | China | France | Germany | Japan | Korea | UK | US | EU-15 |
1995 | 2.05 | 6.09 | 7.62 | 8.65 | 0.79 | 8.88 | 33.54 | 34.36 |
1998 | 2.90 | 6.48 | 8.82 | 9.42 | 1.41 | 9.08 | 31.63 | 36.85 |
2001 | 4.30 | 6.33 | 8.68 | 9.52 | 2.01 | 8.90 | 31.01 | 36.55 |
2004 | 6.52 | 5.84 | 8.14 | 8.84 | 2.70 | 8.33 | 30.48 | 35.18 |
Excellent reading, the report is full of useful information I have not been able to obsorb yet.
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