Site Map |Introduction |
Human Resources |
Policies |
ICT |
Investment |
SME |
Directories
Chile already has linked its research and education network (REUNA) in September 2000 to STAR TAP (Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access Point), allowing its researchers access to Internet.
Spending on technology development in the 1990s constituted a steadily increasing proportion of the government S&T budget relative to basic and applied sciences. Modernization, innovation, and flexible systems and structures, accompanied by pervasive dissemination and absorption of new technologies, continue to be perceived as important factors in meeting the country's economic targets.
The most intensive S&T activity occurs in eight target areas: farming and animal husbandry; forestry, information technology; manufacturing, mining; fishing and aquaculture; water and energy; and health. The fastest growing areas of research are biotechnology and computer science.
Chile's rapid expansion of the information highway is particularly notable. Chile transacts almost twice as many Internet communications with the United States and Europe as do all other Latin American countries combined and has the largest number of Internet hosts per person in Latin America. It is using this experience to expand commercial ventures into electronic commerce and become a leader in this area as well.