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By: Athar Osama, Adil Najam, Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, and Christopher King
Available at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7260/full/461038a.html
In 2002, Pakistan began an ambitious overhaul of its higher-education system. The successes and failures of the experience hold lessons for other countries, say Athar Osama and co-authors.
After decades of neglect, in 2002 Pakistan set out to dramatically reform its higher-education system. The reforms […]

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Nature 461, 11-12 (3 September 2009) | doi:10.1038/461011b; Published online 2 September 2009
Cash costs

Massive funding for Pakistan’s ailing universities holds many lessons for other developing nations.
 
Eight years ago, a task force advising Pakistan’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, laid out a bold plan to revitalize the country’s moribund research system: initiate a fivefold increase […]

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By: Abdalla Alnajjar
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
The Muslim world need not lag behind in science and technology. Abdalla Alnajjar looks at an initiative that is charting a new approach.
Science, technology and innovation are now viewed alongside natural resources, capital and people as key ingredients for economic development and growth. Many industrialised countries and newly emerging economies […]

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