Analysis finds that boosting R&D funding in South Africa is crucial for improving economic strength, highlighting a need for government investment.
This brief explores the current state of research and development (R&D) funding in South Africa and the need for increased investment to achieve the country’s targets for R&D expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP). It aims to show how South Africa can return to a pathway of high R&D intensity and suggests a benchmark value and approach to government funding of R&D to facilitate this.
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