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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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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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 |
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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. |
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Aubert, Jean-Eric |
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Aubert, Jean-Eric |
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Aubert, Jean-Eric |
| title |
Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework |
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Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework |
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Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework |
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Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework |
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Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries : A Conceptual Framework |
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promoting innovation in developing countries : a conceptual framework |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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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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