The bioeconomy to 2030
Subtitle: designing a policy agenda.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; OECD International Futures Programme.
Publisher: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9789264038530
Subjects: Biotechnology -- Economic aspects; Biotechnology -- International cooperation; Biotechnology -- Government policy; Biotecnología -- Aspectos económicos
Description: The biological sciences are adding value to a host of products and services, producing what some have labeled the "bioeconomy" and offering the potential to make major socio-economic contributions in OECD countries.  Using quantitative analyses of data on development pipelines and R&D expenditures from private and public databases, this book estimates biotechnological developments to 2015. Moving to a broader institutional view, it also looks at the roles of R&D funding, human resources, intellectual property, and regulation in the bioeconomy, as well as at possible developments that could influence emerging business models to create scenarios to 2030. These scenarios are included to stimulate reflection on the interplay between policy choices and technological advances in shaping the bioeconomy. Finally, the book explores policy options to support the social, environmental and economic benefits of a bioeconomy.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Also available in French under the title: La bioéconomie à l'horizon 2030 : quel programme d'action?

"The International Futures Programme (IFP) of the OECD undertook The Bioeconomy to 2030 project"--P. [326].

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Defining the bioeconomy; title: What external factors will drive the bioeconomy to 2030?; title: The state of the bioeconomy today; title: The bioeconomy to 2015; title: Institutional and social drivers of the bioeconomy; title: The business of the emerging bioeconomy; title: The bioeconomy of 2030; title: Policy options for the bioeconomy: the way ahead; title: Conclusions: on the road to the bioeconomy.