Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development

Innovation systems and science and technology (S&T) projects supported by the World Bank have taken on many forms in the past several years. The Bank's involvement in industrial technology projects started in the 1970s, with Israel and Spa...

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Main Authors: Goel, Vinod K., Koryukin, Ekaterina, Bhatia, Mohini, Agarwal, Priyanka
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3353919/innovation-systems-world-bank-support-science-technology-development
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spelling okr-10986-150262021-04-23T14:03:12Z Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development Goel, Vinod K. Koryukin, Ekaterina Bhatia, Mohini Agarwal, Priyanka ADAPTATION BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS PLANS BUSINESS PROCESSES COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVE RESEARCH COST EFFECTIVENESS DISTANCE LEARNING E-GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENGINEERING EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL SECTOR INCOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNET ACCESS INVENTIONS KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY PROJECTS LEARNING MANAGERS MARKET COMPETITION MARKETING METROLOGY MODERNIZATION NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PATENT OFFICES PATENTS POLITICAL SYSTEMS PRESENT VALUE PRINTING PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS RESEARCH PROGRAMS RESEARCH PROJECTS ROYALTIES SCHOOLS SCIENCE EDUCATION SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY FINANCING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TESTING LABORATORIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITIES WORKERS SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FINANCING LIFELONG LEARNING EDUCATION INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING & EVALUATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY POLICY REFORM EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS VENTURE CAPITAL PROJECT DESIGN Innovation systems and science and technology (S&T) projects supported by the World Bank have taken on many forms in the past several years. The Bank's involvement in industrial technology projects started in the 1970s, with Israel and Spain numbering among the first countries to receive support in the form of industrial technology development. This paper reviews the lessons learned in S&T projects that have been supported by the Bank, with an emphasis on the examples of the past decade (1989-2003). Projects and their components were included in this review if their objectives included the use of scientific and technological knowledge to improve development. The review included 51 projects, in an aggregate amount of over US$4.2 billion; not including agricultural research projects. The amounts invested in individual projects ranged from US$3 million to US$300 million, with a mean project size of about US$58 million. The paper discusses the concept of the knowledge-based economy (KE) and its relation with the S&T sector, and then identifies the main themes of KE projects, groups them by the four pillars of the knowledge economy, and summarizes the key lessons learned. Since the Bank experience is most substantial in the areas of innovation systems and related policy frameworks, the review focuses on industrial technology development and on building national innovation systems. It touches briefly on the themes of education, and information and communications technology, with the aim of providing the proper context for the main study. A List of Projects is included in Box 1, and brief descriptions of these projects are in Annex B. 2013-08-12T20:07:32Z 2013-08-12T20:07:32Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3353919/innovation-systems-world-bank-support-science-technology-development 0-8213-5837-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15026 English en_US World Bank Working Paper;No. 32 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic ADAPTATION
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS PLANS
BUSINESS PROCESSES
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMPETITIVE RESEARCH
COST EFFECTIVENESS
DISTANCE LEARNING
E-GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENGINEERING
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNET ACCESS
INVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY PROJECTS
LEARNING
MANAGERS
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKETING
METROLOGY
MODERNIZATION
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PATENT OFFICES
PATENTS
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
PRESENT VALUE
PRINTING
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESEARCH PROJECTS
ROYALTIES
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY FINANCING
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TESTING LABORATORIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITIES
WORKERS SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
FINANCING
LIFELONG LEARNING
EDUCATION
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
MONITORING & EVALUATION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY REFORM
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
VENTURE CAPITAL
PROJECT DESIGN
spellingShingle ADAPTATION
BIOTECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS PLANS
BUSINESS PROCESSES
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMPETITIVE RESEARCH
COST EFFECTIVENESS
DISTANCE LEARNING
E-GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
ENGINEERING
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL SECTOR
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNET ACCESS
INVENTIONS
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY PROJECTS
LEARNING
MANAGERS
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKETING
METROLOGY
MODERNIZATION
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PATENT OFFICES
PATENTS
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
PRESENT VALUE
PRINTING
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESEARCH PROJECTS
ROYALTIES
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE EDUCATION
SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY FINANCING
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TESTING LABORATORIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITIES
WORKERS SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
FINANCING
LIFELONG LEARNING
EDUCATION
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
MONITORING & EVALUATION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY REFORM
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
VENTURE CAPITAL
PROJECT DESIGN
Goel, Vinod K.
Koryukin, Ekaterina
Bhatia, Mohini
Agarwal, Priyanka
Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development
relation World Bank Working Paper;No. 32
description Innovation systems and science and technology (S&T) projects supported by the World Bank have taken on many forms in the past several years. The Bank's involvement in industrial technology projects started in the 1970s, with Israel and Spain numbering among the first countries to receive support in the form of industrial technology development. This paper reviews the lessons learned in S&T projects that have been supported by the Bank, with an emphasis on the examples of the past decade (1989-2003). Projects and their components were included in this review if their objectives included the use of scientific and technological knowledge to improve development. The review included 51 projects, in an aggregate amount of over US$4.2 billion; not including agricultural research projects. The amounts invested in individual projects ranged from US$3 million to US$300 million, with a mean project size of about US$58 million. The paper discusses the concept of the knowledge-based economy (KE) and its relation with the S&T sector, and then identifies the main themes of KE projects, groups them by the four pillars of the knowledge economy, and summarizes the key lessons learned. Since the Bank experience is most substantial in the areas of innovation systems and related policy frameworks, the review focuses on industrial technology development and on building national innovation systems. It touches briefly on the themes of education, and information and communications technology, with the aim of providing the proper context for the main study. A List of Projects is included in Box 1, and brief descriptions of these projects are in Annex B.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Goel, Vinod K.
Koryukin, Ekaterina
Bhatia, Mohini
Agarwal, Priyanka
author_facet Goel, Vinod K.
Koryukin, Ekaterina
Bhatia, Mohini
Agarwal, Priyanka
author_sort Goel, Vinod K.
title Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development
title_short Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development
title_full Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development
title_fullStr Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development
title_full_unstemmed Innovation Systems : World Bank Support of Science and Technology Development
title_sort innovation systems : world bank support of science and technology development
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3353919/innovation-systems-world-bank-support-science-technology-development
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