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 …

In a first-ever joint report by the UN, the OECD, the World Bank and the IMF, the world’s four principal development … international development address that most compelling of human desires-a world free of poverty and free of the misery that poverty …

over a 10-year horizon. The study finds that the biggest impacts of agricultural policy reform would be on world dairy …