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Regions unite to challenge inequalities in Brazil

Nature volume 448, page 865 (2007)Cite this article

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The “unequal struggle” of medium-sized university physics departments in Scotland “against larger and more-entrenched rivals” is highlighted by your Editorial 'All for one...' (Nature 447, 1031; doi:10.1038/4471031a 2007). The less developed countries of the world face an even greater problem. How can science help the economic improvement of these countries, taking into account not only “basic challenges in trying to compete globally”, but also regional difficulties — particularly very limited facilities and insufficient human resources?

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  1. R&D Policies and Programmes, Ministry of Science and Technology, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco E, Brasília, 70067-900, DF, Brazil

    Luiz A. B. Castro

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Maranhao, Av. dos Portugueses, s/n, Sao Luis, 65080-040, MA, Brazil

    Allan Kardec Barros

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Castro, L., Barros, A. Regions unite to challenge inequalities in Brazil. Nature 448, 865 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448865b

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