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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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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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"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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. Since 1998, Papa Andina has worked with partners in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru to stimulate pro-poor innovation within market …), researchers, and other service providers have engaged in innovation processes via two principal tools for facilitating collective …, and institutional innovation through a structured process that builds interest, trust, and collaboration among …
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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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"The A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate agricultural efficiency index. Then, controlling for household characteristics and other exogenous variables, the efficiency index is regressed on the probability of being sick. Estimation is performed using the treatment effect...
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"Malaria afflicts many people in the developing world, and due to its direct and indirect costs it has widespread impacts on growth and development. The global impact of malaria on human health, productivity, and general well-being is profound. Human activity, including agriculture, has been...
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"The rapidly changing nature of the global food and agriculture system suggests the need to rethink how innovation can … which they are a part. A more systems-oriented understanding of how innovation occurs in a society and economy is critical … agricultural innovation system, it is difficult for policymakers, investors, donors, and practitioners to promote policies and …
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