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| - In Ivory Coast, a country in West Africa, scientific output has been relatively modest. Scientists in Ivory Coast produced only 10 scholarly articles per million inhabitants in international journals in 2014, compared to a continental average of 20 per million. Between 2008 and 2014, scientists published mostly in biological sciences, followed by medical sciences, geosciences, agriculture and chemistry (in that order). The country also has few international collaborations, compared to the rest of the continent: whereas more than eight out of ten articles had a foreign co-author in most countries in 2014, the rate in Ivory Coast was 73%. (en)
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| - In Ivory Coast, a country in West Africa, scientific output has been relatively modest. Scientists in Ivory Coast produced only 10 scholarly articles per million inhabitants in international journals in 2014, compared to a continental average of 20 per million. Between 2008 and 2014, scientists published mostly in biological sciences, followed by medical sciences, geosciences, agriculture and chemistry (in that order). The country also has few international collaborations, compared to the rest of the continent: whereas more than eight out of ten articles had a foreign co-author in most countries in 2014, the rate in Ivory Coast was 73%. As of 2015, Ivory Coast did not have a dedicated policy for science, technology and innovation. Related policies are implemented by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The main planning body is the Directorate General of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation and its technical directorate. Some targets of the National Development Plan require recourse to science and technology. The share of the National Development Plan to 2015 devoted to scientific research remains modest; within the section on greater wealth creation and social equity (63.8% of the total budget for the Plan), just 1.2% is allocated to scientific research. The following structures foster innovation and technology transfer: the Department for the Promotion of Research and Technological Innovation, the Ivorian Organization for Intellectual Property, the Centre for the Demonstration and Promotion of Technologies, and the Ivorian Society of Tropical Technology. Research and innovation are promoted and funded by the National Agricultural Investment Programme (est. 2010), the Policy Support Programme for Scientific Research (est. 2007), the Interprofessional Fund for Agricultural Research and Advice (est. 2002), the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Research (yet to be established) and the Ivorian Fund for the Development of National Enterprises (est. 1999). There are also several subregional centers that relate to Ivory Coast: the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, the West African Biosciences Network, the five African Institutes for Mathematical Sciences, and the West Africa Institute. Ivory Coast is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which adopted a Policy on Science and Technology (ECOPOST) in 2011. ECOPOST advocates the development of a more scientific culture in all sectors of society, including through science popularization, the dissemination of research results in local and international journals, the commercialization of research results, greater technology transfer, intellectual property protection, stronger university–industry ties, and the enhancement of traditional knowledge. In 2015, the United States of America decided to invest US$1,000,000,000 over the next five years in preventing, detecting and responding to future infectious disease outbreaks in 17 countries, including Ivory Coast. (en)
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