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...There is not enough attention on the importance of science within policy-making, and this is a problem world-wide,” Juma said, explaining the motivation for the research compiled by a task force of 27 international experts on science, technology and innovation...
Authored by KSG Professor of the Practice of International Development Calestous Juma, the report, which addresses the necessary role scientists play in advising developing countries, will be officially submitted to the United Nations on January...
...Juma said the report also notes specific examples of how science is effective in improving the quality of life in a country and referenced the recent tsunami tragedy as evidence for giving science a more central role within governments...
...official launch of the project’s final recommendations will also take place in over 100 other countries around the world. Juma is currently in Nairobi, Kenya to lead the Millennium Project’s official launch there...
...forces on the trail of Osama bin Laden and the leaders of the Taliban in late 2001 didn't worry much about elderly, pious-looking men like Haji Juma Khan. A towering tribesman from the Baluchistan desert near Pakistan, Khan was picked up that December near Kandahar and taken into U.S. custody. Though known to U.S. and Afghan officials as a drug trafficker, he seemed an insignificant catch. "At the time, the Americans were only interested in catching bin Laden and [Taliban leader] Mullah Omar," says a European counterterrorism expert in Kabul. "Juma Khan walked...