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. 2003 Mar 31;5(1):e4. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5.1.e4

Table 7.

The research and educational divide: selected technology inputs by region (1992-1997)^*

Region	GNP per capita US$	R&D as % of GDP	Technicians per 10 ⁶ Population	Scientists per 10 ⁶ Population
OECD Countries	20113	1.8	1326.1	2649.1
Eastern Europe & FSR	4027	0.9	577.2	1841.3
East Asia	6270	0.8	235.8	1026.0
Latin America & Caribbean	5635	0.5	205.4	656.6
Middle East	8941	0.4	177.8	521.0
Sub-Saharan Africa	1971	0.2	76.1	324.3
South Asia	1764	0.8	59.5	161.0

^* Adapted from Rodríguez F, Wilson E. From a presentation at a meeting of the InfoDev project of the World Bank; 2000.