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Unlocking Firm Level Productivity and Promoting More Inclusive Growth : The R...
Rapid and consistent economic growth of Ethiopia over the past decade has contributed to reducing the number of people living in poverty. The Government... -
INVENTOR DIASPORAS AND THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY
This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of high-skilled individuals ? i.e., inventors ? on international technological collaborations. By means of gravity... -
Scaling Up and Sustaining Innovation Policies and Projects : Schumpeterian De...
This paper examines how two historically low-technology economies, Finland and Israel, assumed leadership in new, rapid innovation-based industries. The... -
The Economic Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy : A Review and Implications...
Policy makers around the world recognize the potentially harmful consequences of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy. Indeed, many countries... -
Catching Up to the Technological Frontier? : Understanding Firm-level Innovat...
Kenya s economy has undergone a significant process of structural transformation over the last decade. Since 2002, the economy has shown an... -
China : Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Inclusive Growth
Inclusive innovation seeks to expand access to essential goods and services, thereby improving quality of life, and enhancing economic empowerment... -
Are Jordan and Tunisia's Exports Becoming More Technologically Sophisticated?...
There is a growing consensus that what you export matters for growth (see for instance, Haussman and al. 2007 and Krishna and Maloney (2011)). This paper examines whether and to... -
Are Natural Resources Cursed? An Investigation of the Dynamic Effects of Reso...
This paper examines whether natural resource dependence has a negative influence on various indicators of institutional quality when controlling for the... -
Building Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity in Rwanda : Developing ...
The purpose of this report is to show how development issues and policy initiatives shaped the design and structure of the science, technology, and... -
Greening Global Value Chains : Innovation and the International Diffusion of ...
Using novel data on patents, trade of equipment goods, and foreign direct investments and insights from the economic literature, the paper seeks to lay... -
Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a... -
Foreign Direct Investment In Services And Manufacturing Productivity Growth: ...
During the 1990s, foreign direct investment in producer service sectors in Latin America was massive. Such investment may increase the quality of... -
Review of National and Regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart ...
The report provides a brief summary of the existing Third Research and Innovation Strategy (RSI3s) and specifies the complementary activities that need... -
Korea and the BICs (Brazil, India and China) : Catching Up Experiences
This paper tests a neo-Schumpeterian model with industry-level data to analyze how Brazil, India, and China are catching up with South Korea s... -
Transforming Arab Economies : Traveling Knowledge and Innovation Road, Overview
Over the past decade, some countries of the Middle East and North Africa region have spurred economic growth and improved their global competitiveness by... -
Unleashing India's Innovation : Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
India's recent growth has been impressive, with real GDP rising by over eight percent a year since 2004 -- accompanied by a jump in innovative... -
Western Balkans Regional R&D Strategy for Innovation
A coordinated effort to develop a regional research and development (R and D) strategy for innovation was launched by the Joint Statement of Sarajevo,... -
Innovation for Development and the Role of Government : A Perspective from th...
This book is the result of a joint forum on 'innovation for development' held by the World Bank and the China-based Asia-Pacific Finance and... -
Going for Smart Growth : Making Research and Innovation Work for Bulgaria
This policy note provides a detailed assessment of Bulgaria's innovative capacity and offers policy recommendations to increase the impact of science and... -
Science, Technology, and Innovation in Uganda : Recommendations for Policy an...
Between 2006 and 2010 the World Bank sought to unmask the role of science, technology, and innovation in Ugandan industry. This report presents...
