Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. This paper provides an overview of how different countries are dealing w...
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES ADVANCED REGIONS APPROACH TO INNOVATION AUTHORITY AUTOMOBILE BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASIC RESEARCH BIOTECHNOLOGY BUDGET ALLOCATION BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS INNOVATION CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS COLLECTIVE LEARNING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE RESEARCH COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER HARDWARE CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCIES COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING POWER DISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS DISTRICTS DIVISION OF POWERS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT CONTROLS GOVERNMENT EFFORTS GOVERNMENT EVALUATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HUMAN CAPITAL ICT IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION CAPACITY INNOVATION OUTPUTS INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INNOVATION PROGRAMS INNOVATION STRATEGY INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES INNOVATIVE EFFORTS INNOVATIVE FIRMS INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERACTIVE LEARNING INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE FRONTIER KNOWLEDGE GENERATION KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION LAGGING REGIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIFELONG LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET DEMANDS MARKET ECONOMY MODERN TECHNOLOGIES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATIONALREGIONAL POLICY NATIONS NECESSARY SKILLS NETWORKING NETWORKS ONE-STOP SHOPS PERIPHERAL REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY INDICATORS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROTOTYPE PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SUPPORT RAMP;D REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL AUTHORITIES REGIONAL AUTONOMY REGIONAL CAPACITY REGIONAL CLUSTER REGIONAL CLUSTERS REGIONAL COLLABORATION REGIONAL COMPETITION REGIONAL CONTEXT REGIONAL COORDINATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DIVERGENCE REGIONAL DIVERSITY REGIONAL FINANCING REGIONAL FUND REGIONAL FUNDS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL INNOVATION REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICIES REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTERVENTION REGIONAL INVESTMENT REGIONAL INVESTMENTS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL MUNICIPALITIES REGIONAL OFFICES REGIONAL PERFORMANCE REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVES REGIONAL POWER REGIONAL PRACTICES REGIONAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL PROJECTS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES REGIONAL RESEARCH REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SYSTEMS REGIONALIZATION RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE RESULT RESULTS REVENUE CAPACITY ROYALTY RURAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDIZATION STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETS TAX EXEMPTIONS TAX INCENTIVES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL TRAINING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PARKS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRANSACTION UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS |
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ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES ADVANCED REGIONS APPROACH TO INNOVATION AUTHORITY AUTOMOBILE BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASIC RESEARCH BIOTECHNOLOGY BUDGET ALLOCATION BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS INNOVATION CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS COLLECTIVE LEARNING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE RESEARCH COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER HARDWARE CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCIES COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING POWER DISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS DISTRICTS DIVISION OF POWERS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT CONTROLS GOVERNMENT EFFORTS GOVERNMENT EVALUATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HUMAN CAPITAL ICT IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION CAPACITY INNOVATION OUTPUTS INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INNOVATION PROGRAMS INNOVATION STRATEGY INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES INNOVATIVE EFFORTS INNOVATIVE FIRMS INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERACTIVE LEARNING INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE FRONTIER KNOWLEDGE GENERATION KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION LAGGING REGIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIFELONG LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET DEMANDS MARKET ECONOMY MODERN TECHNOLOGIES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATIONALREGIONAL POLICY NATIONS NECESSARY SKILLS NETWORKING NETWORKS ONE-STOP SHOPS PERIPHERAL REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY INDICATORS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROTOTYPE PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SUPPORT RAMP;D REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL AUTHORITIES REGIONAL AUTONOMY REGIONAL CAPACITY REGIONAL CLUSTER REGIONAL CLUSTERS REGIONAL COLLABORATION REGIONAL COMPETITION REGIONAL CONTEXT REGIONAL COORDINATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DIVERGENCE REGIONAL DIVERSITY REGIONAL FINANCING REGIONAL FUND REGIONAL FUNDS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL INNOVATION REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICIES REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTERVENTION REGIONAL INVESTMENT REGIONAL INVESTMENTS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL MUNICIPALITIES REGIONAL OFFICES REGIONAL PERFORMANCE REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVES REGIONAL POWER REGIONAL PRACTICES REGIONAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL PROJECTS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES REGIONAL RESEARCH REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SYSTEMS REGIONALIZATION RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE RESULT RESULTS REVENUE CAPACITY ROYALTY RURAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDIZATION STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETS TAX EXEMPTIONS TAX INCENTIVES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL TRAINING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PARKS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRANSACTION UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS Guimon, Jose Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship
policy note;no. 6 |
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Innovation policy is increasingly
conceived as the shared responsibility of national and
subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling
with multilevel governance. This paper provides an overview
of how different countries are dealing with regional
innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for
national-regional coordination. The focus is on discussing
the policy implications for developing countries, which have
decentralized their innovation policies more recently than
developed countries, but face more acute challenges with
respect to critical mass and institutional capacity. These
challenges call for a sequential and cautious approach to
decentralizing innovation policy, seeking economies of scale
and avoiding wasteful duplication across regions, while
introducing methods to ensure that devolution of power is
accompanied by capacity building in regional governments.
Governments of developing countries are also advised to be
cautious when using a regional innovation policy approach as
a tool to reduce cross-regional income gaps. This is because
policy efforts to counterbalance the natural trend toward
agglomeration of innovative activities in core regions might
lead to inefficient allocation of public funds. |
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Brief |
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Guimon, Jose |
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Guimon, Jose |
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Guimon, Jose |
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Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place |
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regional inovation policy and multilevel governance in developing countries : between a rock and a hard place |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/24089828/regional-inovation-policy-multilevel-governance-developing-countries-between-rock-hard-place http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23655 |
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okr-10986-236552021-04-23T14:04:16Z Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place Guimon, Jose ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES ADVANCED REGIONS APPROACH TO INNOVATION AUTHORITY AUTOMOBILE BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASIC RESEARCH BIOTECHNOLOGY BUDGET ALLOCATION BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS INNOVATION CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS COLLECTIVE LEARNING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE RESEARCH COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER HARDWARE CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCIES COUNCILS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING POWER DISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS DISTRICTS DIVISION OF POWERS E-MAIL ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRICITY EXPENDITURE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT CONTROLS GOVERNMENT EFFORTS GOVERNMENT EVALUATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION HUMAN CAPITAL ICT IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INFORMATION SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION CAPACITY INNOVATION OUTPUTS INNOVATION PERFORMANCE INNOVATION PROGRAMS INNOVATION STRATEGY INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES INNOVATIVE EFFORTS INNOVATIVE FIRMS INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERACTIVE LEARNING INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY KNOWLEDGE FRONTIER KNOWLEDGE GENERATION KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION LAGGING REGIONS LEGISLATION LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIFELONG LEARNING MANUFACTURING MARKET DEMANDS MARKET ECONOMY MODERN TECHNOLOGIES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICY NATIONALREGIONAL POLICY NATIONS NECESSARY SKILLS NETWORKING NETWORKS ONE-STOP SHOPS PERIPHERAL REGIONS POORER REGIONS POVERTY INDICATORS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROTOTYPE PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SUPPORT RAMP;D REGIONAL APPROACH REGIONAL AUTHORITIES REGIONAL AUTONOMY REGIONAL CAPACITY REGIONAL CLUSTER REGIONAL CLUSTERS REGIONAL COLLABORATION REGIONAL COMPETITION REGIONAL CONTEXT REGIONAL COORDINATION REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DIVERGENCE REGIONAL DIVERSITY REGIONAL FINANCING REGIONAL FUND REGIONAL FUNDS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INCOME REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL INNOVATION REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICIES REGIONAL INNOVATION POLICY REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGIES REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTERVENTION REGIONAL INVESTMENT REGIONAL INVESTMENTS REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL MUNICIPALITIES REGIONAL OFFICES REGIONAL PERFORMANCE REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVES REGIONAL POWER REGIONAL PRACTICES REGIONAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL PROJECTS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES REGIONAL RESEARCH REGIONAL STRATEGIES REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SYSTEMS REGIONALIZATION RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE RESULT RESULTS REVENUE CAPACITY ROYALTY RURAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDIZATION STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETS TAX EXEMPTIONS TAX INCENTIVES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL TRAINING TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY PARKS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRANSACTION UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. This paper provides an overview of how different countries are dealing with regional innovation policy and of the institutions and tools used for national-regional coordination. The focus is on discussing the policy implications for developing countries, which have decentralized their innovation policies more recently than developed countries, but face more acute challenges with respect to critical mass and institutional capacity. These challenges call for a sequential and cautious approach to decentralizing innovation policy, seeking economies of scale and avoiding wasteful duplication across regions, while introducing methods to ensure that devolution of power is accompanied by capacity building in regional governments. Governments of developing countries are also advised to be cautious when using a regional innovation policy approach as a tool to reduce cross-regional income gaps. This is because policy efforts to counterbalance the natural trend toward agglomeration of innovative activities in core regions might lead to inefficient allocation of public funds. 2016-01-14T19:52:03Z 2016-01-14T19:52:03Z 2014-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/24089828/regional-inovation-policy-multilevel-governance-developing-countries-between-rock-hard-place http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23655 English en_US Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship policy note;no. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |