The era dominated by the liberal world order, dating back to the end of World War II in 1945 and gaining unchallenged dominance with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, is now coming to an end. Yet the universal principles that the era personified in its rhetoric, and in the best of its actions, lives on. The global community has a moral obligation to continue on its journey to build a more equitable, secure and prosperous world for all of its citizens and must devise investment strategies that enable progress to both endure and accelerate. “The Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge,” issued at the conclusion of the inaugural World Conference on Science in 1999, contained a broad range of insights and recommendations that remain as significant today as they did 20 years ago. We would be wise to heed the challenges that the declaration conveyed by recognizing that the journey for equity in science, technology and innovation (STI) is by no means over and, in fact, remains as relevant now as it did then—both as an economic and social necessity and as a moral obligation. This paper seeks to explore how patterns of investment in STI have changed over the past 2 decades—and how they have not.

从 1945 年二战结束到 1989 年柏林墙倒塌，自由主义世界秩序主导的时代，现在即将结束。然而，那个时代在其言辞和最佳行动中所体现的普遍原则仍然存在。国际社会有道德义务继续其为所有公民建设一个更加公平、安全和繁荣的世界的旅程，并且必须制定投资战略，使进展能够持久并加速。1999 年首届世界科学大会结束时发表的“科学与科学知识应用宣言”包含了广泛的见解和建议，这些见解和建议在今天仍然与 20 年前一样重要。明智的做法是，通过认识到科学、技术和创新 (STI) 的公平之旅尚未结束，事实上，现在仍然与当时一样重要——既作为一个经济和社会的必要性以及道德义务。本文旨在探讨过去 20 年科技创新投资模式发生了怎样的变化，以及如何没有发生变化。