Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework

The author provides a conceptual framework for approaching the promotion of technological innovation and its diffusion in developing countries. Innovation climates in developing countries are, by nature, problematic, characterized by poor business and governance conditions, low educational levels, a...

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Main Author: Aubert, Jean-Eric
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5716253/promoting-innovation-developing-countries-conceptual-framework
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spelling okr-10986-89652021-04-23T14:02:42Z Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework Aubert, Jean-Eric ACTIVISM ADAPTATION ADULT EDUCATION AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE BIODIVERSITY BORROWING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL AMERICA CITIES CLIMATE COLLABORATION COTTON DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EDUCATION FARMING FORESTRY FRUITS GREEN REVOLUTION HEALTH HEALTH ISSUES HIS/HER HIV/AIDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SERVICES INNOVATION INNOVATIONS LABOR FORCE LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LITERACY MARKETING MEDIA MEDICINE MORTALITY POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CONTROL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RURAL ECONOMIES SANITATION SCREENING SOFTWARE INDUSTRY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLY CHAINS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMS VACCINES WORK FORCE The author provides a conceptual framework for approaching the promotion of technological innovation and its diffusion in developing countries. Innovation climates in developing countries are, by nature, problematic, characterized by poor business and governance conditions, low educational levels, and mediocre infrastructure. This raises particular challenges for the promotion of innovation. The latter should be understood as the diffusion of technologies-and related practices-which are new to a given context (not in absolute terms). What matters first is to provide the necessary package of support-technical, financial, commercial, legal, and so on-with flexible, autonomous agencies adapting their support and operations to the different types of concerned enterprises. Facilitating and responding to the emergence of grass-root needs at the local level is also essential. Support to entrepreneurs and local communities should be primarily provided in matching grant forms to facilitate the mobilization of local resources and ownership. It is of primary importance to pay the greatest attention to country specificities, not only in terms of development level, size, and specialization, but also in terms of administrative and cultural traditions. At the global level, major issues need also to be considered and dealt with by appropriate incentives and regulations: the role of foreign direct investment in developing countries' technological development, conditions of technologies' patenting and licensing, the North-South research asymmetry, and brain drain trends. 2012-06-25T19:58:23Z 2012-06-25T19:58:23Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5716253/promoting-innovation-developing-countries-conceptual-framework http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8965 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3554 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACTIVISM
ADAPTATION
ADULT EDUCATION
AGRICULTURE
AQUACULTURE
BIODIVERSITY
BORROWING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL AMERICA
CITIES
CLIMATE
COLLABORATION
COTTON
DECISION-MAKING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EDUCATION
FARMING
FORESTRY
FRUITS
GREEN REVOLUTION
HEALTH
HEALTH ISSUES
HIS/HER
HIV/AIDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
LABOR FORCE
LATIN AMERICAN
LAWS
LITERACY
MARKETING
MEDIA
MEDICINE
MORTALITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY CONTROL
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RURAL ECONOMIES
SANITATION
SCREENING
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPPLY CHAINS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
VACCINES
WORK FORCE
spellingShingle ACTIVISM
ADAPTATION
ADULT EDUCATION
AGRICULTURE
AQUACULTURE
BIODIVERSITY
BORROWING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL AMERICA
CITIES
CLIMATE
COLLABORATION
COTTON
DECISION-MAKING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EDUCATION
FARMING
FORESTRY
FRUITS
GREEN REVOLUTION
HEALTH
HEALTH ISSUES
HIS/HER
HIV/AIDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES
INNOVATION
INNOVATIONS
LABOR FORCE
LATIN AMERICAN
LAWS
LITERACY
MARKETING
MEDIA
MEDICINE
MORTALITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY CONTROL
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RURAL ECONOMIES
SANITATION
SCREENING
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPPLY CHAINS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING PROGRAMS
VACCINES
WORK FORCE
Aubert, Jean-Eric
Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3554
description The author provides a conceptual framework for approaching the promotion of technological innovation and its diffusion in developing countries. Innovation climates in developing countries are, by nature, problematic, characterized by poor business and governance conditions, low educational levels, and mediocre infrastructure. This raises particular challenges for the promotion of innovation. The latter should be understood as the diffusion of technologies-and related practices-which are new to a given context (not in absolute terms). What matters first is to provide the necessary package of support-technical, financial, commercial, legal, and so on-with flexible, autonomous agencies adapting their support and operations to the different types of concerned enterprises. Facilitating and responding to the emergence of grass-root needs at the local level is also essential. Support to entrepreneurs and local communities should be primarily provided in matching grant forms to facilitate the mobilization of local resources and ownership. It is of primary importance to pay the greatest attention to country specificities, not only in terms of development level, size, and specialization, but also in terms of administrative and cultural traditions. At the global level, major issues need also to be considered and dealt with by appropriate incentives and regulations: the role of foreign direct investment in developing countries' technological development, conditions of technologies' patenting and licensing, the North-South research asymmetry, and brain drain trends.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Aubert, Jean-Eric
author_facet Aubert, Jean-Eric
author_sort Aubert, Jean-Eric
title Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework
title_short Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework
title_full Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework
title_fullStr Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework
title_full_unstemmed Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework
title_sort promoting innovation in developing countries : a conceptual framework
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5716253/promoting-innovation-developing-countries-conceptual-framework
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8965
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