Innovation and the development agenda
By: edited by Erika Kraemer-Mbula and Watu Wamae
Contributors: International Development Research Centre (Canada); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD innovation strategy; OECD innovation strategy
Publisher: OECD; International Development Research Centre
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris; Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9789264088924; 9781552505014; 9781282797550; 9789264088917; 9786612797552
Subjects: Technological innovations; Strategic planning; Développement économique; Innovations; Diffusion; Aspect économique; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Industrial Technology; Economic aspects
Description: Innovation drives long-term economic growth. It has an important role to play as global economies recover from the current financial crisis. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa. It investigates innovation systems and their application; the key role of knowledge in innovation for development; and the importance of comparable country studies and official statistics on innovation. It stresses the need for innovation to become part of a comprehensive development agenda, and makes recommendations for promoting activities in both the formal and informal sectors, with the aim of transforming agriculture into a knowledge-based industry capable of stimulating economic growth--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

English.
Table of contents: title: The role of innovation in the area of development; title: Key issues for innovation and development; title: The relevance of innovation systems to developing countries; title: Adapting the innovation systems framework to sub-Saharan Africa; title: Knowledge policy for development; title: Facilitating north-south knowledge sharing : conditions for enhanced knowledge flows; title: Innovation strategies in developing countries.