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Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature
Vivarelli, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393120
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Ciencia, tecnología e innovación en América Latina y el Caribe: Un compendio estadístico de indicadores Title: Science, Technology, and Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbea...
Crespi, Gustavo; Navarro, Juan Carlos; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
advent of the knowledge society has highlighted the growing importance of innovation and intellectual assets as sources of … competitiveness and long-term economic growth. This book examines human capital and financial inputs into innovation systems …, scientific and innovation outputs, innovative behavior by firms, the links between changes in economic structure, technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673162
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Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature
Vivarelli, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653317
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Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Innovation Policy Design and Implementation in Chile: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development of OECD and Science a...
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010
is part of an effort of the CNIC to support the dynamics of innovation policy making in Chile on the basis of … institutional capacities for designing and implementing public policies for innovation in Chile. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654099
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The One Laptop Per Child Initiative: A Framework for Latin America and the IDB
Navarro, Juan Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The One Laptop Per Child initiative is an educational program that aims at deploying millions of rugged, ultra low-cost, individually connected laptop computers to the majority of children in developing nations that today lack access to such devices.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741898
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Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Innovation Policy Design and Implementation in Chile: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development of OECD and Science a...
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010
is part of an effort of the CNIC to support the dynamics of innovation policy making in Chile on the basis of … institutional capacities for designing and implementing public policies for innovation in Chile. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198483
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Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Ortega, Claudio Bravo; Navarro, Lucas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … innovation. This not significant effect of product innovation contrasts with evidence of studies for other countries. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943775
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Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics
Berlinski, Samuel; Busso, Matias - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
This paper reports the results of an experiment with secondary school students designed to improve their ability to reason, argument, and communicate using mathematics. These goals are at the core of many educational reforms. A structured pedagogical intervention was created that fostered a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240368
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Organizational Assessment: A Framework for Improving Performance Title: Evaluación organizacional: Marco para mejorar el desempeño
Lusthaus, Charles; Carden, Fred; Adrien, Marie-Hélène; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The book offers a clear-cut methodology to diagnose organizational strengths and weakness at the onset of development activities. With it, beneficiaries can respond to growing pressures from donors for accountable and sustainable use of funding.Abstract: Ofrece una metodología clara para...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772384