Science Globalization Ahead of Economic Globalization

Listen to this quote from the Swiss secretary for science and research, Charles Kleiber: “The globalisation of science is much more advanced than the globalisation of the economy."

What does this mean? It means in the race to create the global knowledge economy, the knowledge part of the equation is ahead of the economy part. That says we have some work in evolving newer and better economic development strategies that capitalize on knowledge. This is an important point for economic developers everywhere to pay attention to.

A Swiss delegation, headed by interior minister Pascal Couchepin, is putting forward the country's views at the OECD annual meeting in Paris. Science and technology ministers and senior officials from more than 30 countries are meeting at the OECD headquarters to discuss the increasing globalisation of science. Delegates are trying to find ways of improving cooperation between the science sector and the economy.

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