Innovation is of paramount importance if Africa is to achieve sustained economic growth, development, and improved welfare of its people. In this context, the paper argues that institutional factors, despite their importance in shaping innovation on the continent, have received less attention....

In many extant analyses of the impact of non-reciprocal system of trade preferences it is typical to focus on the details of market access value of tariff concessions as explanation for why export of beneficiaries may or may not respond to incentives. Very often, the role that supply related...

This paper attempts to explore the possible relationship between the characteristics of a National System of Innovation (NSI) and their impact on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outcomes, particularly in developing countries. We employ a heuristic NSI-FDI conceptual framework linking the...

This paper argues that the emergent profile of China as a top global exporter of apparel input material is undermining the spill-over potentials of Asian direct investment in apparel production abroad. The experience of sub-Saharan Africa is presented as an illustration of this claim. Insights...

The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have sponsored programmes on national cleaner production centres (NCPCs) since 1993, to assist emerging and transitional economies to reorganise their production activities on an environmentally sound...

"This book brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore science, technology, and innovation cooperation between China and African countries from a variety of perspectives. The growing economic, technological, and scientific cooperation between Africa and China provides...