TWAS wakhala membala kuyambira 1984.
Kwa zaka zoposa 40, bungwe la World Academy of Sciences for Science in Development mayiko (TWAS) lakhala likutsogola pakukulitsa luso la sayansi m'maiko ena osatukuka kwambiri padziko lapansi.
Sukulu yapadziko lonse ya sayansi yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku 1983 ku Trieste, Italy, TWAS imathandizira chitukuko chokhazikika kudzera mu kafukufuku, maphunziro, mfundo, ndi zokambirana. Masiku ano, TWAS ikuyimira akatswiri apamwamba asayansi, kapena okhudzana ndi mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene.
TWAS ili ndi anthu opitilira 1,400 osankhidwa ochokera kumayiko 112, kuphatikiza 13 omwe adalandira mphotho ya Nobel. Opitilira 430 Achinyamata Ogwirizana ndi Alumni amapanga gulu logwira ntchito la akatswiri ena ochita kafukufuku wakale kwambiri ku South padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi anzawo, TWAS yamaliza maphunziro a PhD opitilira 1,100 ndikupereka mayanjano opitilira 2,300 a udokotala kwa asayansi omwe akutukuka padziko lonse lapansi.
Sukuluyi idaperekanso mphotho zopitilira 1,200, yopereka ndalama zofufuzira zopitilira 2,700, yophunzitsa anthu opitilira 750 muukadaulo waukadaulo, komanso kuthandizira maulendo opitilira 1,400 osinthana. Kuyambira pachiyambi, Academy inali ndi chithandizo chofunikira kuchokera kwa asayansi aku Italy ndi atsogoleri andale. TWAS ndi gawo la pulogalamu ya UNESCO.
Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).