UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Tracking trends in innovation and mobility
China and India are the greatest beneficiaries of projects in design, development and testing
Share of total projects (%)
Destination of projects in design, development and testing
Western
Europe
China and
India
Japan and
Asian Tigers
North
America
Latin
America
Eastern
Europe
Middle East
and North
Africa
Former
Soviet states Africa Oceania Total
Western Europe 8.4 8.6 3.6 5.8 2.1 3.9 1.3 0.7 0.6 0.5 35.5
Source of projects in design, development and testing
China and India 1.6 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 5.4
Japan and Asian
Tigers
2.2 3.4 2.0 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 10.3
North America 11.0 17.4 5.4 2.0 2.8 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.9 44.9
Latin America 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 – 0.6
Eastern Europe 0.1 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 – 0.5
Middle East and
North Africa
Former Soviet
states
0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 – – 1.2
0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 – 0.1 – – 0.4
Africa 0.1 0.1 0.0 – 0.0 0.0 – – – – 0.2
Oceania 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 – – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6
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Total 23.8 30.6 12.1 11.3 6.1 7.2 3.4 2.1 1.1 1.8
1.1%
Share of projects in design, development and testing
destined for Africa
30.6%
Share of projects in design, development and testing
destined for China and India
Design, development and testing FDI projects flowing to and from developing regions
KEY
Blue flows from
traditionally R&Dintensive
countries
to ‘new’ countries in
terms of R&D
Green flows from
‘new’ countries to
traditionally R&Dintensive
countries
Red flows between
‘new’ countries
Source: UNU-Merit
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