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Social and economic progress related to the realization of the CANDLE synchrotron light source creation project in Armenia is discussed. CANDLE service is multidisciplinary and long-lasting. Its impacts include significant improvement in science capacities, education quality, industrial capabilities, investment climate, country image, international relations, health level, restraining the “brain-drain”, new workplaces, etc. CANDLE will serve as a universal national infrastructure assuring Armenia as a country with knowledge-based economy, a place for doing high-tech business, and be a powerful tool in achieving the country’s jump forward in general.
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Baghiryan, M. (2007). SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CANDLE LIGHT SOURCE PROJECT CANDLE project impact. In: Tsakanov, V., Wiedemann, H. (eds) Brilliant Light in Life and Material Sciences. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5724-3_7
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