This paper presents a summary and a brief appraisal of innovation policies in Brazil and China, following the changes in the legal system, in governmental programs and also in the institutional environment of innovation policies in both countries, mainly during the last decade. Both countries...

The Brazilian state is often viewed as inefficient and captured by economic interest groups and bureaucratic elites, leading to crony capitalism and clientelism. This has hindered the implementation of growth-inducing economic policies and contributed to a decline in productivity and economic...