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1 UIS activities in the collection and analysis of STI indicators and overview of data for West Africa West African Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Reviews and Statistics Workshop Bamako, Mali May 2010

2 Objectives of this presentation Present the work that UIS does to support the collection and analysis of STI indicators in developing countries Provide an overview of the availability of STI indicators worldwide and in the region

3 UIS is the UN lead agency for S&T statistics Official S&T data source for: UN Statistical Division: UN Statistical Year Book UNDP: Human Development Report World Bank: World Development Indicators UNESCO Reports: UNESCO Science Report UNESCO World Report - Towards Knowledge Societies International Report on S&T and Gender

4 UIS Strategy on S&T statistics International Review of S&T Statistics and Indicators jointly with UNESCO Science Policy Division, , involving all Member States and numerous experts. Resulting priorities: Immediate term: R&D personnel & expenditure Human resources devoted to S&T Science education & Higher education International mobility Gender Medium term: Innovation data Starts next month! Longer term: Output & Impact

5 UIS Medium-Term Strategy Priorities: 1. Improving data quality 2. Reinforcing statistics and indicators on learning outcomes 3. Strengthening statistics in science, culture and communication

6 Lines of action 1. S&T survey operation and data guardianship 2. Training in S&T statistics: workshops & other training activities 3. Standard setting and methodological developments 4. Analysis and publications

7 1. S&T Survey operation and data guardianship Global survey on statistics of science & technology Global database on S&T Statistics Data dissemination: on the UIS website and through contributions to other agencies Next year pilot survey of innovation data

8 Survey on Statistics of Science & Technology Biennially. The 2004, 2006 and 2008 S&T statistics surveys have been completed. 3 rd round was launched in June The latest results were released on the UIS website in September 2009 (see 4 th round will be launched in May OECD and Eurostat provide data for their Member States. RICYT provides data for Latin America. UIS keeps direct contact with national S&T statisticians.

9 Data collection R&D Personnel By sector of employment, occupation, qualification, and field of science In headcount and FTE By gender R&D Expenditure By sector of performance and source of funds New: by type of activity and field of science

10 Other data of interest but not (yet?) collected by UIS Researchers by age Researchers by country of birth; citizenship/resident status Researchers by fields of science at 2 digit level R&D expenditure by type of cost (Current / Capital) R&D expenditure by major socio-economic objective Government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D (GBAORD): Total; by major socio-economic objective Business enterprise researchers by industry / branch of economic activity (at 1 digit level of International Standard Industrial Classification, ISIC) Business enterprise R&D expenditure by industry / branch of economic activity (at 1 digit level of ISIC)

11 UIS 2006 and 2008 Surveys on R&D Response rates & published data Regions (Countries and Territories covered) Responses Q 2006 Responses Q 2008 Published data Sub-Saharan Africa (46) 27 59% 61% 21 46% 44% 27 59% 59% Arab States-Africa (8) 6 75% 3 38% 5 63% Asia (31, excl. Arab States & OECD) 21 68% 65% 21 68% 63% 24 77% 65% Arab States - Asia (12) 7 58% 6 50% 4 33% Americas (19, excl. RICYT & OECD) 4 21% 4 21% 4 21% Europe (16, excl. OECD & Eurostat) 9 56% 11 69% 10 63% Oceania (17, excl. OECD) 0 0% 4 24% 3 18% Sub-total (149) 74 50% 70 47% 77 52% Data from other sources: OECD + Eurostat (43) Total coverage Total coverage % RICYT (23) 19 83% Total (215) % % %

12 Respondents to the UIS 2006 and 2008 questionnaires from ECOWAS countries Country 2006 Q 2008Q 1 Benin Data not provided Data provided 2 Burkina-Faso Data provided Data provided 3 Cape Verde Data not provided Data not provided 4 Côte d Ivoire Data provided Data not provided 5 Gambia Data provided Data not provided 6 Ghana Data not provided Data not provided 7 Guinea Data not provided Data not provided 8 Guinea-Bissau Data not provided Data not provided 9 Liberia Data not provided Data not provided 10 Mali Data not provided Data provided 11 Niger Data provided Data not provided 12 Nigeria Data provided Data not provided 13 Senegal Data provided Data provided 14 Sierra-Leone Data not provided Data not provided 15 Togo Data not provided Data provided

13 Number of researchers worldwide Researchers by development status (thousands) Developed countries Developing countries (excl. LDC) Less-developed countries (LDC)

14 What are the national research densities? Researchers per million inhabitants, 2007 or latest available year per million per million per million per million 2001 per million and above Data not available Source: UIS, September 2009 Note: Data in this map are based on FTE. However, figures in headcounts (HC) were considered for the following countries as the FTE figures were not available: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Belarus; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Central African Rep.; Cuba; D.R. Congo; El Salvador; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Guinea; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mauritius; Mongolia; Montenegro; Mozambique; Nauru; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saudi Arabia; Sudan; Tajikistan; Macedonia (FYR); Uganda; Venezuela; Zambia. This has to be taken into account when interpreting the data.

15 The gender gap in science. Women as a share of total researchers, 2007 or latest available year 0% 30% 30.1% 45% 45.1% 55% 55.1% 70% 70.1% 100% Data not available Source: UIS, September 2009 Note: Data in this map are based on HC.

16 Where are researchers located? Shares of world researchers by principal regions/countries, 2002 and 2007 (%) 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% % 41.4% 31.9% 28.4% 28.1% 25.8% 25.2% 22.2% 23.2% 20.3% 14.0% 20.1% 20.3% 18.9% 11.2% 10.0% 10.0% 7.8% 8.5% 6.6% 5.0% 6.0% 4.6% 4.0% 2.9% 3.6% 3.2% 3.0% 3.0% 2.5% 2.3% 2.3% 2.3% 2.2% 2.1% 2.1% 1.7% 1.8% 1.6% 1.8% 1.2% 1.7% 1.5% 1.4% 0.5% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% Asia Europe Americas North America United States China European Union Japan C.I.S. Europe Russian Fed. N.I.E. Asia Germany L.A.C. France United Kingdom Africa India Oceania C.E.O. Europe Other in Asia Brazil Arab States (Africa) Mexico Egypt Other Sub-Saharan C.I.S. Asia Argentina Israel Arab States (Asia) South Africa 0.2% 0.3% Source: UIS, September 2009

17 R&D Personnel, selected countries in ECOWAS countries, 2007 or LYA Country Year Researchers (FTE) Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE) Benin ,000 (HC) 119 (HC) Burkina-Faso (HC) 12 (HC) Cape Verde Cote d Ivoire , Gambia (HC) 30 (HC) Ghana Guinea ,117 (HC) 253 (HC) Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria ,533 (HC) 203 (HC) Senegal , Sierra-Leone Togo Source: UIS S&T Database, March FTE: Full-time equivalent - HC: Headcount - * Based on partial data

18 A snap-shot of R&D intensity. Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a percentage of GDP, 2007 or latest available year 0.00% 0.25% 0.26% 0.50% 0.51% 1.00% 1.01% 2.00% 2.01% and above Data not available Source: UIS, September 2009

19 Which regions are most R&D intensive? Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a % of GDP by principal regions/countries, 2007 or latest year available 5.0% 4.7% 4.5% 4.0% 3.5% 3.4% 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 2.7% 2.6% 2.6% 2.1% 2.1% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 1.7% 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.8% Israel 0.6% Japan 0.5% United States 0.5% North America 0.4% Germany 0.4% France 0.3% Americas 0.3% Oceania 0.2% United Kingdom 0.2% N.I.E. Asia 0.1% European Union World Europe Asia China C.E.O. Europe Russian Fed. C.I.S. Europe Brazil -1 South Africa -1 India L.A.C. Argentina Mexico -2 Other in Asia Africa Arab States (Africa) Other Sub-Saharan Egypt C.I.S. Asia Arab States (Asia) Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -2 = 2005

20 Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP, 2007 Source: UIS, September % 1.0% 0.5% The evolution of R&D intensity GERD as a percentage of GDP, 1996 (or earliest available year) and 2007 (or latest available year), countries with R&D intensity below 1.5% in both years. R&D intensity up Tunisia China Portugal Estonia Lithuania Hong Kong, Ch. Pakistan Turkey Chile Malaysia Iran Morocco Latvia Malta Mexico Argentina Bulgaria Greece Cyprus D.R. Congo Cuba Mauritius Uganda Sudan Costa Rica Seychelles Uruguay Thailand Kyrgyzstan Bolivia Panama Kazakhstan Macedonia (FYR) Georgia Colombia Brazil Hungary South Africa India Poland Romania St. Lucia Spain Montenegro Moldova Italy Slovakia Russian Fed. Belarus Croatia Slovenia Ireland New Zealand Ukraine R&D intensity stable R&D intensity down 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% Expenditure on R&D as a % of GDP, 1996 Note: countries in the left-bottom corner of the graph are represented by the following numbers. 1: Zambia; 2: Brunei; 3: Bosnia & Herzegovina; 4: Guatemala; 5: Honduras; 6: Lesotho; 7: Jamaica; 8: Myanmar; 9: Saudi Arabia; 10: Indonesia; 11: Macao, Ch.; 12: Peru; 13: Nicaragua; 14: Ecuador; 15 : Paraguay; 16: Tajikistan; 17: Trinidad & Tobago; 18: Philippines; 19: Burkina Faso; 20: Ethiopia; 21: Sri Lanka; 22 :Armenia ; 23: Mongolia; 24: Kuwait; 25: Egypt; 26: Madagascar; 27: Algeria; 28: Azerbaijan.

21 GERD by region GERD in billions PPP$ by regions Americas Europe Africa Asia Oceania

22 Where are R&D investments made? Shares of world R&D expenditure (GERD) by principal regions/countries, 2002 and 2007 (%) 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 40.4% 37.6% 37.8% 34.7% 27.1% 32.7% 35.1% 32.4% 30.3% 27.3% 26.1% 22.9% % 15% 10% 5% 0% Americas North America Asia United States 13.7% 13.0% 5.0% 9.2% 5.1% 6.4% 7.2% 6.1% 4.8% 3.8% 3.9% 3.3% 2.6% 2.9% 2.3% 2.4% 1.6% 2.2% 2.0% 2.1% 1.8% 1.9% 1.5% 1.6% 1.4% 1.6% 0.6% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Europe European Union Japan China N.I.E. Asia Germany France United Kingdom L.A.C. C.I.S. Europe India Russian Fed. C.E.O. Europe Brazil Oceania Other in Asia Africa Israel Mexico South Africa Arab States (Africa) Other Sub-Saharan Argentina Arab States (Asia) Egypt C.I.S. Asia Source: UIS, September 2009

23 Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D (GERD), selected countries in ECOWAS countries, 2007 or LYA Country Year GERD ('000) Local currency GERD - PPP$ ('000) GERD as % of GDP Benin Burkina-Faso ,589,972 18, % Cape Verde Cote d Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal ,090,000 16, % Sierra-Leone Togo Source: UIS S&T Database, March 2009 * Based on partial data

24 Funding in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. GERD by source of funds, 2007 or latest available year Business entreprise Government Higher education Private non-profit Abroad Unknown 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% South Africa -2 Morocco -1 Tunisia -2 Uganda Burkina Faso Ethiopia Mozambique -5 Madagascar Malaysia -1 Japan Israel -2 Rep. of Korea China Philippines -2 Singapore Hong Kong -1 Kazakhstan Thailand -2 Kyrgyzstan -2 Lao P.D.R. -5 Azerbaijan India -3 Sri Lanka -1 Viet Nam -5 Indonesia -6 Iran -1 Mongolia Kuwait Tajikistan -2 Brunei -3 Pakistan Armenia Cambodia -5 Australia -1 New Zealand Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -2 = 2005, -3 = 2004, -5 = 2002, -6 = 2001

25 Funding in Europe. GERD by source of funds, 2007 or latest available year 100% 90% Business entreprise Government Higher education Private non-profit Abroad Unknown 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Luxembourg -2 Switzerland -3 Finland Germany -1 Sweden -2 Belgium -2 Denmark -2 Ireland -1 Slovenia Czech Rep. France -1 Netherlands -4 Iceland Austria Turkey United Kingdom Spain -1 Malta Norway Belarus Hungary Estonia Italy -1 Latvia Portugal -2 Slovakia Croatia Poland Greece -2 Bulgaria -1 Ukraine Russian Fed. Romania Lithuania Cyprus -1 Macedonia (FYR) -5 Rep. of Moldova Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -2 = 2005, -3 = 2004, -4 = 2003, -5 = 2002

26 Funding in the Americas. GERD by source of funds, 2007 or latest available year Business entreprise Government Higher education Private non-profit Abroad Unknown 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% United States Canada Brazil -1 Mexico -2 Chile -3 Cuba Uruguay -1 Argentina Colombia -1 Ecuador Bolivia -5 El Salvador -9 Panama -2 Paraguay -2 Guatemala -1 Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -2 = 2005, -3 = 2004, -5 = 2002, -9 = 1998.

27 A breakdown of R&D investment in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. GERD by sector of performance, 2007 or latest available year Business entreprise Government Higher education Private non-profit Unknown 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% South Africa -1 Botswana -2 Sudan -2 Morocco -1 Tunisia -2 Zambia -2 Uganda Senegal -2 Madagascar Burkina Faso Ethiopia Seychelles -2 Malaysia -1 Philippines -2 Israel Hong Kong -1 Thailand -1 Rep. of Korea China Singapore Philippines -2 Hong Kong -1 Kazakhstan Thailand -1 Lao P.D.R. -5 Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan India -3 Sri Lanka -1 Viet Nam -5 Iran -1 Cambodia -5 Indonesia -2 Mongolia Armenia Tajikistan -2 Brunei -3 Pakistan Georgia -2 Australia -1 New Zealand Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -2 = 2005, -3 = 2004, -5 = 2002

28 A breakdown of R&D investment in Europe. GERD by sector of performance, 2007 or latest available year Business entreprise Government Higher education Private non-profit Unknown 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Luxembourg Sweden Switzerland -3 Finland Austria Germany Belgium Ireland Malta Denmark Russian Fed. United Kingdom Czech Rep. France Belarus Netherlands Slovenia Spain Ukraine Iceland Norway Portugal Hungary Italy -1 Estonia Romania Turkey Croatia Slovakia Latvia Bulgaria Poland Lithuania Greece Cyprus Rep. of Moldova Macedonia (FYR) -1 Montenegro Serbia Bosnia & Herzegovina Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -3 = 2004

29 A breakdown of R&D investment in the Americas. GERD by sector of performance, 2007 or latest available year Business entreprise Government Higher education Private non-profit Unknown 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% United States Canada Mexico -2 Chile -3 Brazil Argentina Peru -3 Uruguay -1 Costa Rica -3 Trinidad & Tobago -1 Bolivia -5 Colombia -1 Ecuador Guatemala -1 Paraguay -2 Panama -2 Source: UIS, September 2009 Notes: -1 = 2006, -2 = 2005, -3 = 2004, -5 = 2002

30 Quality of data Consistency over time and space Accessibility and affordability Comparability through standards Efficient use of resources Clarity and transparency Validity and reliability Relevance to policy Potential for disaggregation Currency and punctuality Coherence across sources

31 2. Capacity building There are many problems: Lack of understanding of importance of S&T (indicators) Lack of political will and action Lack of coordination Lack of trained personnel High staff turnover

32 Capacity building (2) Measurement problems: Measuring real effort (full-time equivalents) Private sector R&D Budget data vs. surveys Role of foreign entities

33 S&T statistics workshops Increase the number of countries regularly producing quality S&T indicators. Create local capacities and establish sustainable local S&T statistics systems. Promote the use of S&T indicators for evidence-based S&T policy making. Share experiences with other developing countries and address problems. Gain knowledge about the particular characteristics of S&T statistics data. Demonstrate good practices in other countries of the region.

34 UIS S&T Statistics workshops 2005: Uganda, India 2006: Indonesia, Senegal, Kazakhstan 2007: Tunisia, FYR of Macedonia, Jordan, Brazil, Russia, Cameroon 2008: Oman, Cambodia 2009: Kenya, Egypt But also contributing to similar workshops of partner organisations (e.g. RICYT, NEPAD)

35 Countries that have participated in UNESCO S&T statistics workshops Countries and territories covered Countries and territories covered but absent Countries and territories not yet covered Countries and territories not targeted

36 Results of workshops Increased response rate non-responding countries learn how to do it from UIS and neighbours. Immediate problems solved. Increased data quality improved understanding of application of international standards. Face to face contacts = more effective networking. Inputs to UIS programme development.

37 3. Standard setting/methodological developments Careers of Doctoral Holders CDH (since 2004) Measuring Innovation in Developing countries: Annex to the Oslo Manual (2005) Will be presented separately Measuring R&D in Developing Countries: Technical Guide and Annex to the Frascati Manual (2010) Will be presented separately

38 The careers of doctorate holders survey (CDH) A joint project with the OECD and Eurostat. Methodology developed from scratch. Aimed both at developed and developing countries. With participation from experts from both developed and developing countries. Promoting the methodology by encouraging developing countries to conduct such surveys and produce cross-nationally comparable statistics on careers of doctorate holders.

39 Relevance of the CDH project There is a new focus on the crucial role of highly qualified individuals who represent a key to the production, application and transmission of knowledge. Statistics on the global trends in human resources for Science and Technology (HRST) are very weak. The quality and comparability of international data on migration is particularly weak. Diversity of data collection methods hinders international comparability, and does not provide information on career paths and mobility patterns.

40 Objectives: Objectives of CDH To design an internationally comparable tool for tracking the careers of doctorates holders and highly qualified people in different countries. to collect and exchange information on the career paths of holders of doctorates from existing data sources and the new survey tool.

41 Components: CDH toolkit Model questionnaire and Instruction Manual Output tables and variables definitions Methodological guidelines Bridge table model questionnaire - output tables See: URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 and

42 CDH modules Doctoral Education (EDU) Early Career Research positions (ECR) Employment situation (EMP) International mobility (MOB) Career-related experience (CAR) Personal characteristics (PER)

43 4. Some publications Data publicly available at: UIS Publications (can be downloaded from the UIS website): S&T Bulletin 1 Investment in R&D; S&T Bulletin 2 Bibliometric Indicators; S&T Bulletin 3 Women in Science Fact sheet: R&D statistics (recently updated) UNESCO Science Report 2005 (next edition: 2010) International Report on Science, Technology and Gender 2007 UNESCO World Report History of Science Statistics at UNESCO Paper on current status of International Science statistics for Africa in African Statistical Journal

44 Collaborations / Partnerships UNESCO HQs World Bank Eurostat AU-NEPAD ADB ATPS ISDB EU-Medibtikar IDRC (Canada) IRD (France) UNESCO offices worldwide OECD RICYT (Latin America) ALECSO Arab Academy of Science ISESCO Inter-Academy Council INRS (Quebec, Canada) ASEAN

45 Collaboration with AU/NEPAD MOU between AU/NEPAD and UIS Attend each other s meetings Separate data collection for now Closer collaboration over the next few years

46 Way forward There is still a lot to do! Looking forward to further cooperation. UIS needs to keep direct contact with statisticians: Quality and relevance. Countries to establish sustainable S&T statistics systems, involving line ministries (S&T Ministries or Research Councils) and National Statistical Offices.

47 Thank you!

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