Women make essential contributions to agriculture in developing countries, where they constitute approximately 43 …

A model of firm innovation illustrates the effects of the threat of imitation and product varieties on a representative … innovation in developing countries? (2) Do trade policies and the national investment climate affect firms' propensity for … product innovation? The econometric evidence suggests that the answers are yes and yes, but the investment climate affects …

the empirical relationship between economic development and (1) inside-the-frontier-innovation as reflected by the …-the-frontier innovation as reflected in patents. The data suggest, unsurprisingly, that inside-the-frontier innovation is more common among … changes in the industrial composition of exports. The authors use a simple model of innovation and imitation to test the …

not feel pressure (Carlin and others 2001; World Bank 2004). However, competition also appears to affect innovation in … aspects of competition and, consequently, assesses their net impact on innovation. He finds that reducing tariffs and enacting … and enforcing competition laws modestly increases both the pressure that firms feel regarding innovation and the level of …

The author provides a conceptual framework for approaching the promotion of technological innovation and its diffusion … in developing countries. Innovation climates in developing countries are, by nature, problematic, characterized by poor … the promotion of innovation. The latter should be understood as the diffusion of technologies-and related practices …

Studies on innovation and international trade have traditionally focused on manufacturing because neither was seen as … growth. Using a recent firm-level innovation survey for Chile to compare the manufacturing and "tradable" services sector …