Passos Coelho’s government seriously harmed I&D, but António Costa’s, despite much praise for science, has so far not managed to turn around.
Science in Portugal has, with the vision and determined action of José Mariano Gago, experienced enormous growth in the last 25 years, since the Ministry of Science and Technology was created in the government of António Guterres. In fact, if we look at investment at Pordata, there is a clear increase in the first 15 years, until 2011, when it reached 1.6% of GDP in Research and Development (R&D) expenditure, and a decline immediately afterwards, which is still not cleared: the most recent value, from 2019…
Fonte: Jornal Público
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