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Innovation and the Development Agenda by Kraemer-Mbula, Erika; Wamae, Watu; International Development Research Centre (Canada); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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1 online resource (151 pages) Innovation drives long-term economic growth. It has an important role to play as global economies recover from the current financial crisis. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa. It investigates innovation systems and their application; the key role of knowledge in innovation for development; and the importance of comparable country studies and official statistics on innovation. It stresses the need for innovation to become part of a comprehensive development agenda, and makes recommendations for promoting activities in both the formal and informal sectors, with the aim of transforming agriculture into a knowledge-based industry capable of stimulating economic growth--Publisher's description Includes bibliographical references The role of innovation in the area of development -- Key issues for innovation and development -- The relevance of innovation systems to developing countries -- Adapting the innovation systems framework to sub-Saharan Africa -- Knowledge policy for development -- Facilitating north-south knowledge sharing : conditions for enhanced knowledge flows -- Innovation strategies in dev

Who reads Innovation and the Development Agenda?

Author

Kraemer-Mbula, Erika; Wamae, Watu; International Development Research Centre (Canada); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Publisher

Paris: OECD ; Ottawa: International Development Research Centre

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781282797550

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Business, Technology, Economics