This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of high-skilled individuals ? i.e., inventors ? on international technological collaborations. By means of gravity...

This 10th South Africa Economic Update offers a review of the country’s recent economic and social developments and outlook in the context of global...

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

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

In this article, we investigate how higher education contributes to the employment and earnings of individuals in labour markets, and whether social origins play a role in the...

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...

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...

Matching grants are one of the most common policy instruments used by developing country governments to try to foster technological upgrading,...

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...

The study aims at understanding critical issues in scientific, and technical (S&T) manpower development, and at identifying strategies to reform the...

In January 2008, the Turkish Government requested the World Bank to jointly undertake an assessment of its National Innovation System (NIS) in order to...

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...

The note looks at what it takes for countries, and firms to "learn how to learn". Education is vital, for at least two reasons. First, it has...

This paper assembles novel data on the Chilean wine industry to investigate the role of investments in knowledge capital on sales growth in domestic and...

This note analyzes the impact that joining the Eurasian Customs Union will have on the Kyrgyz Republic s garment sector and options for improving the...

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

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these...

This book builds on the lessons from public institutions and programs to support innovation, both successful and failed, from Europe and Central Asia...