Formerly Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID). Part of USA's National Research Council's Office of International Affairs. Addresses a range of issues related to the application of science and technology to economic development. Provides a focus within the U.S. science and engineering community for encouraging greater international scientific cooperation.

(a) WWW site: information on projects and publications list (a few titles are available online via the National Academy Press WWW site (see separate entry).

(b) Contributes data on projects to the DAI / Indix databases: see separate entries.