Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent field data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently demonstrates how biotechnology can contribute to sustainable economic development. The approach articulates the imperative for developing countries to build up specific capabilities backed up by policies and institutions.
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Introduction Agricultural Biotechnology and Innovation Capacity in Late Development Catching Up in Biotechnology in Malaysia Vietnam’s Biotechnology: Building Local Capacity Through State Vision Nigeria as a Lagging Follower in Biotechnology Tanzania’s Incipient Innovation Capacity in Biotechnology Comparative Analysis of Innovation Capacity in Latecomer Countries Conclusions and Policy Insights
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Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka has contributed extensively to the field of innovation and development over the past two decades. Having obtained a Ph D from the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK, he has worked for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, the African Technology Policy Studies Network, UNCTAD and UNU-INTECH (now MERIT). He is currently Director of the Monitoring and Research Division at UN-HABITAT in Nairobi. Padmashree Gehl Sampath is an expert on innovation and development issues having worked for several years as a Researcher at the United Nations University-MERIT and then as a Lecturer on International Development and Innovation at the Open University, UK. She is currently a United Nations staff memberat UNCTAD, Geneva and has contributed extensively to international and regional debates on these issues through her research and from the various projects that she has led in the field.
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