The Department's major policy documents are the 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology, the 2002 National Research and Development Strategy (NRDS), the 2004 New Strategic Management Model for South Africa's Science and Technology System and the 2007 Ten-Year Innovation Plan (TYIP). These strategies, specifically the TYIP, all aim to assist with the transformation of South Africa's resource-based economy into a knowledge- based economy. Consequently, the measure of success will be the degree to which science and technology (S&T) is used to improve productivity and increase the rate of economic growth and socio-economic development.