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Global meet on poverty

WASHINGTON: Delegates from more than 20 countries will meet this week in Washington, D.C., to find out how countries can build the science, technology and innovation capacity they need to reduce poverty, said a statement released by the World Bank on Monday. ``More and more countries are coming to the conclusion that they can't solve their problems unless they build science and technology capacity,'' said Alfred Watkins, Science and Technology Programme Coordinator for the World Bank. ``For most countries it means developing the capacity to find, adapt, and use knowledge already in wide use in other countries, but not widely used inside their own country.'' Explaining what capacity building is and how to do it are the principal goals of the Global Forum on Building Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction on February 13 to 15, said the statement. — Xinhua

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