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Table 4 Distribution of public funds for 339 R&D projects from 2004 to 2011

From: The Panamanian health research system: a baseline analysis for the construction of a new phase

Area/sector

n of projects

% of total number of projects

% of investment*

Environment/ecology

85

25.0

24.1

Health sciences

63

18.6

22.9

Engineering and IT**

59

17.4

14.8

Agriculture

52

15.3

13.6

Social sciences

34

10.0

7.7

Hard sciences

18

5.3

4.4

Infrastructure

15

4.4

9.8

Logistics and transportation

13

3.8

2.6

Total

339

100

100

  1. *Percentage of investment in all projects ($19,008,226.06).
  2. **Information technologies.
  3. Source: Data provided by SENACYT [29].