Beyond Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and northern and western Europe, there are S&T-proficient countries amidst the many S&T-lagging ones in almost every region of the world. Regional networks, through which these proficient countries and their neighbors could together pursue world-class research and training activities on issues of mutual concern, should be created and supported in order to comple-ment sectoral funds. The regional networks could in turn be involved in cooperative programs with S&T-advanced countries - which should, along with the international-donor and financing community, be willing to help fund these networks.

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