Mark Malloch-Brown, a former head of the UN Development Programme, is still a believer in democracy as a driver of economic advancement, but he thinks that in countries like Afghanistan, the West has focused too much on procedures like multi-party elections and is not open enough to the idea that other kinds of consensus might exist.
The development and exploitation of breakthrough ideas, concepts, and technologies, generally referred to as innovation, is the driver of human advancement and prosperity.
I suspect most of us have seen this play out in our lives; our own communities' leadership is the largest driver of community advancements of any type.
Advancement in methodologies for single cell analysis has historically been a major driver of progress in immunology.
The pharmaceutical industry says the relationship it has with healthcare professionals "has long been a positive driver for advancements in patient care and the progression of research".
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ABPII) says the relationship it has with healthcare professionals "has long been a positive driver for advancements in patient care and the progression of research".
The development of high performance fibres has been the most important driver for advancements in ballistic protection, the most popular fibre types used for this purpose being the para-aramid fibres and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.
Gain exposure to business and societal drivers of technological advancement.
The RCS team is responsible for providing technology resources to support Columbia's researchers, and the technology infrastructure to empower Columbia University's research community to support our continued reputation as a leading driver of research, innovation, and the advancement of knowledge.
Now that tablets have proliferated widely both at home and in schools, and students really can learn any time, any place, so long as they are motivated, the next logical question becomes: How do we build content for mobile platforms that is personalized enough, engaging enough, adaptive enough, and rigorous enough to make kids the drivers of their own advancement towards Automaticity, and beyond?
Soil mapping, classification, and pedologic modeling have been important drivers in the advancement of our understanding of soil from the earliest days of the scientific study of soils.
