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Astronomy for Developing Countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Alan H. Batten
Alan H. Batten*
Affiliation:
National Research Council of Canada, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, 5071, W. Saanich Rd, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V9E 2E7. e-mail: alan.batten@nrc.ca

Abstract

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Developing countries have many claims on their limited resources and astronomy can expect only a small share of a small “pie”. A useful rule of thumb is that a country’s expenditure on astronomy is likely to be of the same order of magnitude as its per capita Gross National Product multiplied by the number of professional astronomers in the country. In the light of this, we consider how governments of developing countries can help their astronomers, how we can help them and how they can help themselves.

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Type
Section 1: Survey Papers
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 2 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001

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