Innovation drives long-term economic growth. It has a crucial 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 …

’s technologies are available. We know that innovation – the creation and adoption of new cleaner technologies and know-how – provides … a means to achieve local and global environmental goals at significantly lower costs. Innovation is also a major driver … innovation is critical to understanding the full impacts of this policy instrument as well as one potential facet of “green …

The Oslo Manual is the foremost international source of guidelines for the collection and use of data on innovation … activities in industry. This third edition has been updated to take account of the progress made in understanding the innovation … process, the experience gained from the previous round of innovation surveys, the extension of the field of investigation to …

innovation to meet global food security and climate change challenges. The conference considered developments in institutional … frameworks, public and private roles and partnerships, regulatory frameworks conducive to innovation, the adoption of innovations …