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The blog of the Science, Technology and Public Policy program of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Editor
Zachary Tumin
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Innovation and the Wealth of Regions
by Calestous Juma The world is awash with reports that rank the competitiveness of nations in the global economy. These reports are compiled by purveyors based on the myth that nation states have unique technological capabilities that help them to … Continue reading
China’s Nuclear Energy Industry, One Year After Fukushima
By Yun Zhou It has been one year since the disastrous nuclear accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011. Experts now view Fukushima as the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. In the aftermath, the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged china, energy, Fukushima, inspections, NRC, nuclear power, safety
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Empowering Women by Upgrading Local Training Institutions
By Calestous Juma Inequality between men and women remains one of the most critical sources of low economic productivity in Africa. Many of the efforts seek to address the challenge by creating new training institutions. A complementary strategy is to … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Development, Education, Health and Safety
Tagged africa, inequality, training, women
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The Stage 2 “Meaningful Use” of Electronic Health Records’ Proposed Rules: No Surprises
By Ashish K. Jha Late in the day on February 23, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the preliminary rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use. For those not deep in the weeds of Health Information Technology … Continue reading