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policies and other institutions. Formal and informal knowledge and innovation must therefore be linked to accelerate …, organizations, institutions, or policies. Innovation means putting ideas, knowledge, and technology to work in a manner that brings … pursuit of innovation. For innovation to occur, knowledge must be created, accumulated, shared, and used. Innovations …
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"Do the countries which grow share the same features as those which decline? How can some countries achieve such long-term sustainable growth while others fail so badly? This paper builds on the emerging literature on growth asymmetries by examining movement across income categories in the World...
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This paper tests a series of prominent hypotheses regarding how institutions, geography, and trade interact to … which country characteristics might affect income through trade and institutions, and then to test the robustness of those … effects. Evidence indicated that both institutions and trade influence growth. Geographical factors such as whether a country …
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"Uganda's rapid urbanization, particularly in the capital city Kampala, offers new market opportunities for organized farmers to supply higher value produce for emerging growth markets such as multinational supermarket chains and fast food restaurants. Higher urban incomes allow consumers to...
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues,...
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Innovations are a key driver of long-term economic growth. There has been an explosion of patent filings in China in the past three decades. But empirical studies on the pattern of innovations at the firm level are rather scant primarily due to lack of firm-specific patent data. We have made...
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even within countries and their impact on innovation. However, their findings are subject to the problems of sample bias …
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provides evidence that are contrary to earlier findings on induced innovation theory. Using a unique panel dataset, we examine …
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producing countries and the key constraint of the sector remains its lack of innovation. Current production technology in the … concerns about the incentives and policies required to promote and sustain technological innovation in the sector." from text …
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–private partnerships contribute to reducing the cost of research, whether they add value to research by facilitating innovation, and …
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