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international development  

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  • Nanotechnology, particularly the increase in nanotechnology research and development (R&D) occurring in developing countries, has reinvigorated debates about the relationship between science and technology and international development. Significant debates about nanotechnology and development first emerged in policy, academic and nongovernmental communities around 2000. [Source: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society; International Development]

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