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Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Tajikistan: Present Status and Highlights

Mamadsho Ilolov and Karimova Sakina

Abstract

The system of research organizations in the Republic of Tajikistan (RT) includes academic and branch research institutions and as well as institutions of higher education. This science structure was established in the 1950s and reflects a division of research fields into the following sectors: academic, applied research and universities. During the transition into independence, economic necessity gave rise to new kinds and systems of research organizations besides the existing rigid centralized system. Furthermore, new private-public and non-government research structures emerged. It should be noted, however, that these new kinds and systems currently pose little competition to the traditional structures.