The rise in unemployment during an economic crisis poses a significant concern to policy makers. This paper measures the effect of a program in...

Chile is increasingly looking to innovation as a pillar of its competitiveness and an engine of growth to close the income gap with the Organization for...

Kenya s economy has undergone a significant process of structural transformation over the last decade. Since 2002, the economy has shown an...

Russia's science and technology diaspora is too visible and successful to evade attention from home. However, the public debate in Russia so far has been...

This report stats that income gaps among countries are largely explained by differences in productivity. By raising the capital/labor ratio and rapidly...

Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by...

The report provides a brief summary of the existing Third Research and Innovation Strategy (RSI3s) and specifies the complementary activities that need...

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...

China has made remarkable gains in industrialization and development. Over the past three decades, it has maintained gross domestic product (GDP)...

Increased levels and volatility of food prices has led to a surge of interest in large-scale agriculture and land acquisition. This creates challenges...

Knowledge has always been an essential force in economic development. Chapter one, describes the knowledge revolution, which is leading us into a...

Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by...

A firm's absorptive capacity, human capital and linkages with knowledge institutions have been shown to increase the firm's probability of innovating...

These proceedings provide an overview of the main issues and conclusions presented at the 2009 Fontainebleau knowledge economy forum by an outstanding...

These proceedings highlight the key findings and public policy lessons that emerged from the Knowledge Economy Forum VII (KEF VII) on Technology...

The report comprises two volumes, the Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations (Volume 1), and the Background Documents (Volume 2), providing the...

The report comprises two volumes, the Executive Summary and Policy Recommendations (Volume 1), and the Background Documents (Volume 2), providing the...

This note provides a medium-term agenda for supporting Mexico's competitiveness by fostering greater innovation. Globalization and the dynamism of...