Research and information: general

The fortieth anniversary of the STPI project identification meeting (August 2013) provided an opportunity to examine the long-term impact of the first large-scale, international policy-oriented research initiative in science and technology policy for development; to evaluate the ways in which the knowledge acquired through the project helped to shape policy and decision making; to assess how it affected the professional and personal development of those who participated in the project; and to explore its implications for the future.

Producing a piece of academic research presents many chal-lenges, two of which are acquiring the skill of academic writing and knowing what issues have to be addressed in each chapter of the finished dissertation or thesis.

Interviewing, focus groups and questionnaires are often recommended as appropriate methods of data collection for academic research in the business and management field of study.

El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar las causas que impiden alcanzar el ideal republicano de construir en el Perú un Estado que asegure la gobernabilidad democrática, económica y social, sin exclusiones, con el propósito de proponer una estrategia de desarrollo nacional a largo plazo.