This book analyzes Africa's current performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) research, as well as future trends. It looks at Africa's research performance over a decade, what it means for the continent's development and how it can benefit the growing number of young people who leave university each year looking for jobs. The book focuses on research output and citation impact, important indicators of the strength of a region's research enterprise. These indicators are correlated with the region's long-term development and important drivers of economic success. Moreover, research is a key ingredient for quality higher education. The research performance of these regions is compared to that of South Africa, Malaysia, and Vietnam; the latter two countries had a comparable research base to the SSA regions at the beginning of the period of analysis.

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Information

Publisher

World Bank

Year

2016

ISBN

9781464807008

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Research in Education

Front Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Chapter 1 Methodology
Chapter 2 Research Outputs and Citation Impact
Chapter 3 Research Collaboration
Chapter 4 Researcher Mobility
Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B Data Sources and Methodology
Appendix C Africa Region Classification
Appendix D Subject Classification
Appendix E International Researcher Mobility Maps
References
Boxes
Figures
Maps
Tables
Back Cover