Section outline

  • Issues of science, technology and innovation remain endemic to development and furthering understanding of these issues is a core challenge for policy research. Some of the most relevant results on science, technology and innovation and development from the series of reports on technology and innovation will be presented. In particular, course material will draw upon work done for the Technology and Innovation Report 2014 and the role of innovation policies in promoting industrial development will be discussed. The main linkages between innovation policies and industrial policies at the national level will be reviewed and results from various African countries will be presented in this regard, based on primary surveys conducted for the report.

    Delivered by the Division on Technology and Logistics