investments, and the diffusion of knowledge as well as technology across borders. A second section looks at the cultural sway of …

-year experience as a World Bank staff member, the author takes an institutional perspective on the innovation climate at the World …The World Bank is uniquely positioned to identify and disseminate innovative development practices. Based on his thirty … toolkit as key factors influencing the climate for innovation. The interaction and impact of these factors are illustrated …

Japan has an impressive history when it comes to aid, industrial policy, and infrastructure development, both as a … country that saw meteoric development of its own, and as a country that has been one of the world's largest donors for decades …, and recognizing the critical role it played in the development of Japan, is a vital step towards making the real gains aid …

This paper estimates the causal impact of teacher content knowledge on student achievement in Mozambique, a low … heterogeneity. I find that, on average, teacher content knowledge does not have an impact on student achievement. However, the … teachers in their knowledge. …

lobbying on energy innovation and finds that they significantly affect the incentives to innovate and create cleaner energy …

, which is the focus of this paper. The paper offers a three-fold classification of elites: (a) knowledge elites, (b …

developmental experience with the rest of the world. South Korea's knowledge sharing projects are the leading example of … the knowledge dimension. This research highlights the particular statist developmentalism - as major bureaucratic …

result, we show that trainees' knowledge and adoption rose immediately after training, remaining stable thereafter. Secondly … support'. Despite positive effects in knowledge, evidence of network impacts on actual adoption behaviour is more limited. …