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WORLD BANK'S TECHNET: THINK TANK ELECTRONIC CONFERENCES
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Think Tank Electronic Conference. The first think tank addresses the
topic, Learning Nations: How Developing Countries Acquire and Diffuse
Knowledge.
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Bank in cooperation with the Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA).
TechNet will be hosting a series of five separate Think Tanks over the
next six months on subjects related to science, technology and information
in development.
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During the next six months, five Think Tanks will be initiated. The
first Think Tank is on "Learning Nations: How Developing Countries Acquire
and Diffuse Knowledge".
The objective of this Think Tank is to discuss and debate the concept
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