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Item Science and technology policy : a report from the Mission on Science and Technology Policy for a Democratic South Africa(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1995) Van Ameringen, MarcItem Missing links : gender equity in science and technology for development(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1995)Item Technology policy and practice in Africa(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1995-10) Ogbu, Osita M.; Oyeyinka, Banji O.; Mlawa, Hasa M.Item L'autre développement : l'égalité des sexes dans la science et la technologie(CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1996)Item Decade of reform : science and technology policy in China(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1997) IDRC; China. State Science and Technology CommissionItem Dix ans de réforme : politique scientifique et technologique en Chine(CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1997) CRDI; Chine. Commission d'Etat pour la science et la technologieItem Science terre à terre : science, technologie et gestion intégrée des terres(CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1997) ONU. Commission des sciences et de la technique au service du développement, Groupe d'étude de la gestion intégrée des terresItem Échec à la pauvreté : les besoins humains, la science et la technologie(CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1997) Commission des sciences et de la technique au service du développement des Nations Unies. Groupe d’étude sur la technologie au service des besoins essentielsItem Assault on poverty : basic human needs, science, and technology(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1997) UN. Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Panel on Technology for Basic NeedsItem On solid ground : science, technology, and integrated land management(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1997) UN. Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Panel on Integrated Land ManagementItem Viet Nam at the crossroads : the role of science and technology(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 1999-01) Bezanson, K.; Annerstedt, J.; Chung, K.; Hopper, D.; Oldham, G.Item Science, technology, and innovation in Chile(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2000) Mullin, James; Adam, Robert; Halliwell, Janet E.; Milligan, Larry P.Item Making choices about hydrogen : transport issues for developing countries(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2008) Mytelka, Lynn K.; Boyle, GrantThis book reflects the ongoing debate over hydrogen, fuel cells and their alternatives, and addresses the need for a continuous stream of information on new research, innovation strategies and policies. Fuel cells reverse the long-known process of electrolysis, instead using a fuel supply to combine hydrogen and oxygen, thus generating an electric current. Proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) fuel cells convert hydrogen directly into electricity without combustion or moving parts. The book is divided into four parts, covering discussions on: hydrogen and fuel cells as a disruptive technology; considerations of alternative energy sources; the automotive industry; and the energy transition process.Item Economic liberalization and political violence : utopia or dystopia?(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) Gutiérrez, Francisco; Schönwälder, GerdGlobalization is lauded by some as a tool for spreading peace and prosperity, and decried by others as a harbinger of conflict and war. This book challenges both views. The six cases examined in this volume display economic, political, and social repercussions due to neoliberal reforms, which have had profound and lasting impacts. In several of the countries examined, national economies became more and more dependent not on their own vitality and resilience, but on external resource flows. Neoliberalism may well be all-encompassing and global, but its practical application is often incomplete and messy, and may be hijacked to serve corrosive purposes.Item Innovation strategies for a global economy : development, implementation, measurement and management(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) Gault, FredThis book is about innovation, what it is and how it is measured, the use of indicators in policy and the policy learning that results. Framework conditions such as market regulation and the cost of doing business are examined. The book considers innovation strategies for a global economy, their development, implementation, measurement and management. Innovation systems are global, complex, dynamic and non-linear in response to policy intervention. Thus the focus turns to a science of innovation policy, essential to an understanding of non- linear innovation systems sufficient to support policy learning and effective intervention.Item Innovation and the development agenda(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) Kraemer-Mbula, Erica; Wamae, WatuInnovation drives long-term economic growth. It has a crucial role to play as global economies recover from the current financial crisis. This book examines the role of innovation in developing countries, with a focus on Africa. It investigates innovation systems and their application; the key role of knowledge in innovation for development; and the importance of comparable country studies and official statistics on innovation. It stresses the need for innovation to become part of a comprehensive development agenda, and makes recommendations for promoting activities in both the formal and informal sectors, with the aim of transforming agriculture into a knowledge-based industry capable of stimulating economic growth.Item Global innovation in emerging economies(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011)This book addresses the context for location of global research and development (R&D) in emerging economies by multinational corporations (MNCs), and the driving forces behind this trend; performance of global R&D by companies from emerging economies; and national and corporate implications of these new trends for innovation systems. The trends have managerial implications for companies and policy implications for the emerging economies where such R&D is performed, as well as for the industrialized home countries of the companies.Item Biotechnology and innovation systems : the role of public policy(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011) Göransson, Bo; Pålsson, Carl MagnusThis book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems. Around the world, biotechnology has become a driving force for dramatic change in systems and policies intended to spur innovation. The leading contributors expertly construct a detailed picture of policy approaches that support biotechnology and how such approaches work under different economic and social conditions. They also provide an insight into the role of universities in this process. Researchers, academics, students, policy advisors, decision-makers, and other professionals involved in the fields of biotechnology, innovation systems, higher education, and development will find this book an invaluable resource.Item Linking universities and marginalised communities : South African case studies of innovation focused on livelihoods in informal settings(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2015) Kruss, Glenda; Gastrow, MichaelThe knowledge imperatives of universities are explored in relation to the public good and social justice, as well as the roles of innovation and technology transfer. Case studies provide examples of coherence between teaching, research, innovation and community engagement, and illustrate the enablers and constraints to such interactions. The cases also suggest that a definition of innovation as ‘new products and processes’ may be too limited to capture innovation that is specific to local needs and/ or more related to social systems, than to the technology itself. The contribution of universities to innovation is a key driver of economic and social development.Item Shadow libraries : access to knowledge in global higher education(MIT Press, 2018-05) Karaganis, JoeShadow Libraries explores the question of access to educational materials in the globalization of higher education and digitization of knowledge, alongside the comparatively slow parallel expansion of legal access to materials. Unauthorized archives like Libgen, Gigapedia, and Sci-Hub are international shadow libraries with massive aggregations of downloadable scholarly materials. Book chapters consider current experiments in access: the Russian samizdat tradition, with its connection to resistance; BiblioFyL, an online archive built by students at the University of Buenos Aires; education policy and practices of students in post-Apartheid South Africa; the politics of access in India; and copy culture in Brazil.