SciDev.Net: World Bank to Give Uganda $20 Million Science Boost

The Ugandan government is expected to receive US $20 million under the World Bank's Millennium Science Initiative. The funds will be used to increase the quality, quantity and relevance of Uganda's scientific and technological output and skills base. According to World Bank documents, the funds will also encourage Uganda's best researchers to remain and work in the country by establishing good working conditions. Of the total sum, US $17 million is likely to be disbursed in grants to support research and to strengthen or create undergraduate degree programs in science and technology disciplines. The money will also be used to upgrade and equip Uganda's research laboratories, which the bank says have faced many years of neglect, during which there was virtually no government support for research. Article here.