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The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2009 brings together the latest internationally comparable data to explore the global challenges faced by OECD and other leading economies in the aftermath of the economic crisis. It draws mainly on OECD databases, indicators and methodology developed by the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry and focuses on five key areas of policy interest.
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Innovation is a major source of economic performance and social welfare. It directly affects productivity, job creation and citizens’ well-being and helps to address global challenges such as the economic crisis, health and the environment. As the role of innovation has taken on greater prominence and its characteristics have evolved, statistical information is necessary to measure these global challenges and to identify directions for responding to them.
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The world is at a crossroads. Economies are slowly recovering from the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. International competition from new players is eroding the lead of more established economies. Environmental pressures call into question the sustainability of current development models. Longer life expectancy is putting a greater strain on the capability of health systems to meet the needs of an ageing population. All these challenges are global, in the sense that they affect all countries regardless of income or geography. But they are also global because the scale of problems exceeds the capability of any one country and requires co-operation by all countries.
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