UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Tracking trends in innovation and mobility
Africa attracts more FDI projects in ICT infrastructure than in other categories
Share of total projects (%)
Western
Europe
China and
India
Japan and
Asian Tigers
Destination of projects in design, development and testing
North
America
Latin
America
Eastern
Europe
Middle East
and North
Africa
Former
Soviet states Africa Oceania Total
Western Europe 11.2 1.3 2.7 3.2 5.8 5.5 0.9 3.0 2.0 1.1 36.6
Source of projects in design, development and testing
China and India 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 – 0.1 0.2 1.1 0.1 3.3
Japan and Asian
Tigers
1.3 1.7 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.8 8.1
North America 13.0 3.5 7.0 2.4 4.4 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 2.4 35.8
Latin America 0.6 – – 0.1 3.4 0.2 – – – – 4.2
Eastern Europe 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 – 0.6 0.0 0.3 – – 1.5
Middle East and
North Africa
Former Soviet
states
0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.7 – 2.7
0.1 – 0.2 – 0.0 0.0 – 1.2 – – 1.6
Africa 0.3 – – 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.4 2.8
Oceania 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 – – – – 0.1 0.8
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Total 27.8 6.7 13.0 7.5 14.3 7.9 3.2 5.3 7.2 4.5
7.2% 14.3%
Share of FDI projects in ICT infrastructure destined for Africa Share of FDI projects in ICT infrastructure destined for Latin
America
Infrastructure 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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