The Skills & Innovation Policy (SIP) program of the World Bank Institute's Growth and Crisis practice provides policy advice to client countries on four Knowledge Economy (KE) pillars: economic and institutional regime, education, innovation, and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to help them make the transition to a KE.
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Past Events:

 Global Innovation Policy Course, Washington D.C., June 14-18, 2010. 

 Building 21st Century Knowledge Economies for Job Growth and Competitiveness in the Middle East Tunisia, December 1-3, 2009. 

 Leveraging Diasporas to Scale Up Social Entrepreneurship in Human Development: the Experience of Coptic Orphans. Washington DC, September 15, 2009. 

Publications:

 Agribusiness and Innovation Systems in Africa. This book examines how agricultural innovation arises in four African countries – Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda – through the lens of agribusiness, public policies, and specific value chains for food staples, high value products, and livestock.

Knowledge and Innovation for Competitiveness in Brazil.Written by Alberto Rodriguez, Carl Dahlman, Jamil Salmi. April 2008.

Building Knowledge Economies: Advanced Strategies for Development.This book by the Skills & Innovation Policy program is a synthesis of over seven years of research and operational work of working with client countries on building knowledge economies and developing knowledge economy strategies.

Mexico's Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy: Challenges and Opportunities. Written by Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Dahlman. March 2008.

Enhancing China's Competitiveness through Lifelong LearningThis book summarises some of the key trends in the global environment and in the global education and training market. It provides context to the challenges that China is facing as it modernizes and integrates further into the global system.