Innovation capabilities for sustainable development in Africa

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A sustainable pathway for Africa in the twenty-first century is laid out in the setting of the development of innovation capabilities and the capture of latecomer advantages. Africa has missed out on these possibilities in the twentieth century while seeing the East Asian countries advance. There are now abundant examples and cases to draw on, in the new setting where industrial development has to have green tinges to be effective.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-783-7
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/062

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Industrial Policy ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa
• Subject: Africa ; sustainable development ; innovation capabilities ; green growth strategy ; latecomer advantages

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lee, Keun ; Juma, Calestous ; Mathews, John
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/783-7
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/96347
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET