Annex 2:
Figure 2 - Public spending on R&D Government R&D budgets - average annual real growth rates (%), 1997- 2003 (1)25.4
13.0
12.3
6.7
5.7
5.5
5.5
5.2
4.7
3.4
3.2
3.2
3.2
2.9
2.6
2.2
2.1
2.1
1.8
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.5
-1.9
-2.3
-3.4
-3.8
-4.2
-6.0
-6.9
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