Background: Little is known about the knowledge and use of technology-based interventions (TBIs) by health personnel working in the addiction field across Europe. Methods: An...

This paper examines how two historically low-technology economies, Finland and Israel, assumed leadership in new, rapid innovation-based industries. The...

Abstract Background The past decade has witnessed an upsurge in medical curriculum partnerships established across national boundaries to offer students at the foreign...

Abstract Background The recent economic and financial crisis in Portugal urged the Portuguese Government in April 2011 to request financial assistance from the troika austerity...

There has long been a keen interest from countries around the world in Australia's experience in creating an evaluation system to support evidence-based...

Matching grants are one of the most common types of private sector development programs used in developing countries. But government subsidies to private...

The paper explores existing patterns of green innovation and presents an overview of green innovation policies for developing countries. The key...

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

The purpose of this report is to show how development issues and policy initiatives shaped the design and structure of the science, technology, and...

The objective of this report is to examine the potential of locational data for the 'science of delivery' in the field of development. The...

Using novel data on patents, trade of equipment goods, and foreign direct investments and insights from the economic literature, the paper seeks to lay...

This paper describes and analyzes a series of complementary policy initiatives in India to adapt and commercialize existing global biotechnologies to...

This study analyzes the extent of knowledge and technology absorption for firms in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), as well as the factors that influence...

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...

Between 2006 and 2010 the World Bank sought to unmask the role of science, technology, and innovation in Ugandan industry. This report presents...

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

The technology and innovation landscape has changed considerably since 2006 when Finland as a Knowledge Economy: Elements of Success and Lessons Learned...

This overview of the research sector in the Western Balkans is a companion piece to the Western Balkans regional research and development (R and D)...

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

As the global stock of ideas expands and diffuses across and within countries, technological learning is poised to become an even more important...