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Green growth, technology and innovation
The paper explores existing patterns of green innovation and presents an overview of green innovation policies for developing countries. The key... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
World Bank Group Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship : An Independent...
World Bank Group management welcomes Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) review of innovation and entrepreneurship. The global financial crisis required... -
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... -
Biotechnology Innovation for Inclusive Growth : A Study of Indian Policies to...
This paper describes and analyzes a series of complementary policy initiatives in India to adapt and commercialize existing global biotechnologies to... -
Globalization and Ttechnology Absorption in Europe and Central Asia : The Rol...
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... -
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... -
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... -
Finland as a Knowledge Economy 2.0 : Lessons on Policies and Governance
The technology and innovation landscape has changed considerably since 2006 when Finland as a Knowledge Economy: Elements of Success and Lessons Learned... -
Overview of the Research and Innovation Sector in the Western Balkans
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)... -
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)... -
Technological Learning and Innovation : Climbing a Tall Ladder
As the global stock of ideas expands and diffuses across and within countries, technological learning is poised to become an even more important... -
Fostering Technology Absorption in Southern African Enterprises
This book seeks to understand how firms in southern Africa absorb technology and how policy makers can hurry the process along. It identifies channels of... -
Building Knowledge Economies : Advanced Strategies for Development
Knowledge has always been an essential force in economic development. Chapter one, describes the knowledge revolution, which is leading us into a...
