Africa-focused UNU projects
The United Nations University (UNU) is currently engaged in over 50 projects focused on Africa. Please find below a list of Africa-focused UNU projects. [Stocktaking: October 2011]
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Research and Training Support to Build African Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators
The project built capacity through generating case studies that can be used to resolve problems and to identify possible indicators of innovation. The case study teams learned how to respond to a call for proposals, to conduct case study research, to prepare reports and to present their work at conferences.
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Research Programme - Technology, Productivity, Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Development
This programme addresses the role of technology in growth and development in both developed and developing countries.
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The Quality of Life: Age-Specific Mortality, the Financing of Health Expenditures and Economic Growth
The ambitious challenge of this project lays on public and private health expenditures, also on the instantaneous probability of death, labour productivity, life expectancy, savings and all variables which are age-dependent.
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The Role of Innovation and Technology Transfer in the Ethiopian Cut-Flower Export Sector
This project aims at analysing the triggering factor for the rapid growth of the flower sector in Ethiopia and how this success translates to the country’s overall industrial strategy and institutional environment.