Mobilizing Science-Based Enterprises for Energy, Water, and Medicines in Nigeria: Committee on Creation of Science-Based Industries in Developing Countries Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs.

Developed in collaboration with the Nigerian Academy of Science, this report explores the ways in which science-based private enterprises can be created and encouraged in Nigeria and other developing countries to provide products and services that government is unable to supply in a timely and sustainable manner.

Focusing on three critical challenges to health and development-- safe water, electrical lighting, and malaria therapy"e;the report identifies a sample technology to address each of these challenges with potential for commercialization in Nigeria and Africa, and uses that sample technology to identify opportunities and barriers to creating the science-based enterprises in Nigeria.