Políticas y resultados de ciencia y tecnología en Colombia

Abstract

This paper shows the relation between the science and technology (S&T) policy and the results that have yielded through the S&T expenditure, as an input indicator, and the publications, as an output indicator. The document describes the historical process that the system has had through the capacity building and accumulation, which we divide it in four periods. The S&T expenditure presents a raise until 1996, and then there is a decrease. This expenditure is, in the main, from the public sector. The publications in Colombia show a great performance in terms of growth, although the absolute numbers are small yet. These growth rates reveal a direct relation with the S&T expenditure and with the capacity accumulation of the innovation system.