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Guatemala is catching up with the most advanced Latin American countries on their way to the Information Society.
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Guatemala is coordinating its efforts towards the establishment of the Information Society. A think-tank, the "Grupo de la Piazza" has been sponsored by PITCH to contribute to National Information Society Initiative of Guatemala (GuateSì). The group has produced a description of the current state of play in the country, and identified the main challenges that lay ahead. Comments are welcome.

Are free-trade-agreements promoting technological innovation in developing countries?
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More free-trade-agreements are being signed between the industrialized world and developing countries. Several of these developing countries have an economy which is both export-oriented, and cheap-labor-based. Free-trade-agreements are prone to increase both their exports, as well as their imports. Will this lead towards a raise of labor costs together with the need for a more educated and a better skilled labor force?  Will remittances be used towards technological innovation?

Global funding for global research?
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Markets for goods and services are increasingly global. Capital flows throughout the world. Production of goods and delivery of services also. Research and results from research activities do not derogate to the trends: the innovative companies world-wide acquire research results from anywhere in the world. Does it make a case for the public funding of research at global level?

International initiatives for a reverse brain drain
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Young researchers from the developing countries are many in Europe, in the United States, and more generally in the industrialized world. They provide much of the brain resources needed for global advancing in science, and improving the technologies. But after a few years the way ahead is often a dilemma for these young researchers. 

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