The Symposium on Comparative Analysis of National Research Systems was held in UNESCO headquarters in Paris, 16-18 January 2008. it provided a venue of discussion on the basis of Professors’ Johann Mouton and Roland Waast studies on knowledge and research systems of 52 low and middle-income countries. About 130 experts were invited to compare and exchange knowledge and views on the methodology and the quality of the country reviews. [From Symposium on Comparative Analysis of National Research Systems]

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this is the second symposium on this topic, and these reports are interesting reading.they cover the arab, african, south american and asian systems.