Missed Opportunities : Innovation and Resource-Based Growth in Latin America

Missed Opportunities : Innovation and Resource-Based Growth in Latin America

Latin America missed opportunities for rapid resource-based growth that similarly endowed countries-Australia, Canada, Scandinavia-were able to take advantage of. Fundamental to this poor performance was deficient technological adoption driven by t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maloney, William F.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
GROWTH PATTERNS
RESOURCES UTILIZATION
INNOVATIONS
TECHNOLOGICAL OBSOLESCENCE
TECHNOLOGY CHOICE
LEARNING READINESS
INNOVATION IN BUSINESS
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS & INSTRUMENTS
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
INDUSTRIALIZATION POLICY
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
GROWTH-REDUCING POLICIES AGRICULTURE
AIR
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ARBITRAGE
BEEF
BREEDING
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CATTLE
COLLUSION
COMPETITIVENESS
CROPS
DEBT
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DISCOVERIES
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENGINEERING
ENGINEERS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPENDITURES
EXPLOITATION
FAMILIES
FARMS
FISHING
FORESTRY
FORESTS
GDP
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INNOVATION
INVENTIONS
IRON
KNOW-HOW
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LANDS
LAWS
LIVESTOCK
MARKETING
MINES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NET EXPORTS
NETWORKS
NEW PRODUCTS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
OPEN ECONOMIES
PASTURES
PATENTS
PERVERSE INCENTIVES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRINTING
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
QUALITY CONTROL
ROOTS
SAFETY
SAVINGS
SCHOOLS
SHEEP
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TESTING SERVICES
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE BARRIERS
UNIVERSITIES
WEALTH
WHEAT
GROWTH-REDUCING POLICIES
AGRICULTURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2107994/missed-opportunities-innovation-resource-based-growth-latin-america
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19196

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2107994/missed-opportunities-innovation-resource-based-growth-latin-america
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19196

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