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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... -
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... -
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... -
Learning from the Experiments That Never Happened : Lessons from Trying to Co...
Matching grants are one of the most common policy instruments used by developing country governments to try to foster technological upgrading,... -
Bulgaria - Investment Climate Assessment : Volume 2. Detailed Report
Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by... -
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... -
Turkey - National Innovation and Technology System : Recent Progress and Ongo...
In January 2008, the Turkish Government requested the World Bank to jointly undertake an assessment of its National Innovation System (NIS) in order to... -
Promoting Enterprise-led Innovation in China
China has made remarkable gains in industrialization and development. Over the past three decades, it has maintained gross domestic product (GDP)... -
The Rise of Large Farms in Land Abundant Countries : Do They Have A Future?
Increased levels and volatility of food prices has led to a surge of interest in large-scale agriculture and land acquisition. This creates challenges... -
Closing the Gap in Education and Technology
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... -
Public and Private Investments in Innovation Capabilities : Structural Transf...
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... -
Kyrgyz Republic - The Garment Sector : Impact of Joining the Customs Union an...
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... -
Bulgaria - Investment Climate Assessment : Volume 1. Overview
Sustained improvements in living standards depend on broad-based economic growth. This will only take place when firms improve worker productivity by... -
What Explains Big Gender Disparities in India? Local Industrial Structures an...
Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these... -
Igniting Innovation : Rethinking the Role of Government in Emerging Europe an...
This book builds on the lessons from public institutions and programs to support innovation, both successful and failed, from Europe and Central Asia... -
Money or Ideas? A Field Experiment on Constraints to Entrepreneurship in Rura...
This paper identifies the relative importance of human and physical capital for entrepreneurship. A subset of rural microfinance clients were...
