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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Main Author: Guimon, Jose
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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ICT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/24089828/regional-inovation-policy-multilevel-governance-developing-countries-between-rock-hard-place
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Guimon, Jose
Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
relation Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship policy note;no. 6
description 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.
format Brief
author Guimon, Jose
author_facet Guimon, Jose
author_sort Guimon, Jose
title Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
title_short Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
title_full Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
title_fullStr Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
title_full_unstemmed Regional Inovation Policy and Multilevel Governance in Developing Countries : Between a Rock and a Hard Place
title_sort regional inovation policy and multilevel governance in developing countries : between a rock and a hard place
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url 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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spelling 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