Mobilizing Science-Based Enterprises for Energy, Water, and Medicines in Nigeria

By National Research Committee on Creation of Science-Based Industries in Developing Countries and National Research Council

Developed in collaboration with the Nigerian Academy of Science, this report explores the ways in which science-based private enterprises can be created and encouraged in Nigeria and other developing countries to provide products and services that government is unable to supply in a timely and sustainable manner. Focusing on three critical challenges to health and development--safe water, electrical lighting, and malaria therapy--the report identifies a sample technology to address each of these challenges with potential for commercialization in Nigeria and Africa, and uses that sample technology to identify opportunities and barriers to creating the science-based enterprises in Nigeria.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309111188
• ISBN13: 9780309111188
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 142 Pages