Innovation in Latin America & the Caribbean |  | As the global gap between knowledge-based and labor-based economies grows wider, many countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have found themselves on the losing end of the divide. |
Why are so many LAC countries losing ground in the knowledge economy? Compared to the East Asian "tiger" countries (Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Singapore), LAC countries' workforce have less education, undertake less research and development, and produce fewer patents than these do - an average of 0.8 patents per million people versus 54.4 patents per million people. These contrasts are crucial in a world in which technological innovation drives roughly one half of economic growth. Country Perspectives  Hacia la Economía del Conocimiento: El Camino para Crecer con Equidad en el Largo Plazo
Nicolás Eyzaguirre, Mario Marcel, Jorge Rodríguez y Marcelo Tokman, Estudios Públicos, 97 (2005)
Diagnostics Innovation and Development around the World, 1960-2000
Daniel Lederman and Laura Saenz, Policy Research Working Paper 3774, November 2005. Database attached. Patenting and Research and Development: A Global View
Daniel Lederman with Mariano Bosch and William Maloney, Policy Research Working Paper 3739, October 2005 Innovation Shortfalls
William F. Maloney and Andres Rodriguez-Clare (2007) Patterns of Innovation
William F. Maloney The Determinants of Innovation and R&D Expenditures in Argentina: Evidence from a firm level survey
Pablo Sanguinetti, Department of Ecnomics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella The Role of Research and Innovation in Promoting Productivity in Chile
Jose Miguel Benavente R&D and Development
Daniel Lederman and William Maloney
Washington D.C. January, 2003 Missed Opportunities: Innovation and Resource-Based Growth in Latin America Economia, Fall 2002, pp. 111-167 (2002) PDF
Institutions and Policies The Role of Public Research Institutions in a National Innovation System: An Economic Perspective Albert N. Link, and John T. Scott Innovation and University Interaction with Industry in Colombia Jakob Vestergaard Latin American Universities and the Third Mission: Trends, Challenges and Policy Options K. Thorne, and Soo; Policy Research Working Paper 4002 Hacia una Política de Innovación Eficiente (with G. Perry), Revista de la Cepal 87, pp. 25-44 (2005) PDF s Government Policy for Innovation in Latin America
Bronwyn H. Hall Unions and R&D: New evidence using panel data from Argentina
Sebastian Gliani, Udesa Growth and Innovation Policies for a Knowledge Economy: Experiences from Finland, Sweden, and Singapore
Magnus Blomstrom, Ari Kokko, and Fredrik Sjoholm, Working Paper 156 (2002) Science, Technology and Innovation in Argentina: A profile of issues and practices
Kristian Thorn, Working Paper, September 2005 Discovery & Diversification Innovation and Export Portfolios Daniel Lederman, Bailey Klinger, Policy Research Working Paper 3983 (2006) Diversification, Innovation, and Imitation inside the Global Technological Frontier
Daniel Lederman and Bailey Klinger, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3872, April 2006. Discovery and Development: An Empirical Exploration of "New" Products
Bailey Klinger and Daniel Lederman, Policy Research Working Paper 3450, 2004 Scale, Technological Change and Human Capital: Manufacturing and Development in Mexico, by D. Meyer and A. Foster
Closing the Gap in Education and Technology
As presented at the LACEA 2002 conference, October 11-12, 2002, Spain
Overview
Education
Technology
Networks
In Spanish
From Natural Resources to the Knowledge Economy
David de Ferranti, Guillermo E. Perry, Daniel Lederman, William F. Maloney
Trade and Innovation Expanding NAFTA to Latin America: It Is Not Just Trade December 5, 2001, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Innovation in Mexico: NAFTA Is Not Enough, by D. Lederman and W.Maloney
Liberalization, Knowledge, and Technology: Lessons from Veterinary Pharmaceutics and Poultry in Mexico, by D. Meyer
Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion: The Case of NAFTA, by M. Schiff and Y. Wang
Sources of Regional (non) Convergence in Mexico, by G. Esquivel and M. Messmacher |
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