For 10 consecutive days in October, I travelled across Hamburg, Karachi, Islamabad, Muzzafarabad (AJK), Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan, Muzzaffargarh and Lahore. The purposes of my travel...
Research and experimental development (R&D) plays a pivotal role in driving a country’s economic growth and hence is instrumental in alleviating poverty. As part of the Sustainable Development...
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, you could be forgiven for asking: just where are all these women and girls? They are there if you look but they remain the exception at the...
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has just updated its global database on research and experimental development (R&D) with more recent country-level data to monitor progress towards...
DefinitionIn the context of R&D statistics, the rest of the world (formerly referred to as ‘Abroad’) includes:• All institutions and individuals without a location, place of production or...
DefinitionOriginal investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective.Data sourceR&D surveys.Source...
DefinitionBasic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular...
