Innovations are a key driver of long-term economic growth. There has been an explosion of patent filings in China in …

Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The … require Ghana to double its per capita income over the next decade. In this paper we explore the growth experiences of other … evaluate sources of accelerated growth and their contributions to overall growth and transformation... The authors conclude …

less likely to get involved in innovation. In an extended model of firm growth determinants that includes innovation … foster innovation activities in small enterprises? Do innovators create more jobs? We use a large set of microenterprises … training is found to have a strong effect on the innovation activity. However, firms owned by female and old entrepreneurs are …

in the interests of economic growth or social welfare that India's science and innovation, and intellectual property …

international business community is becoming increasingly concerned about the sustainability of its long term growth based on … relatively low growth at the high end of the market in comparison to rising demand amongst lower income groups, located primarily … in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could …

Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only characteristics of firms but also environment within which firms … developing countries, we estimate a multilevel model of innovation that integrates explanatory factors at different levels of the …

"The rapidly changing nature of the global food and agriculture system suggests the need to rethink how innovation can … productivity growth and poverty reduction, their contributions are incomplete without commensurate changes in the wider system of … which they are a part. A more systems-oriented understanding of how innovation occurs in a society and economy is critical …

Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa … safety net programs and a chapter devoted solely to the vexing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, Public Expenditures, Growth …