Innovation and Economic Development

国际Library of Critical Writings in Economics series

Edited by Lynn K. Mytelka, Professorial Fellow, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), The Netherlands

This wide-ranging collection approaches innovation and development with a focus upon the developing world and includes a number of articles from eminent scholars in developing countries. With papers ranging from 1973, the book provides an authoritative account of how thinking has evolved in this area. It provides a firm theoretical foundation in innovation systems, processes, institutions and policies from the perspective of developing countries. Topics include capacity building, learning, industrial development, agricultural innovation and sustainable development. The collection will provide a valuable reference to new students, postgraduates and professional economists seeking to broaden and deepen their knowledge of development and innovation in the developing world.

‘This collection fills a void in the innovation studies literature where most attention has been given to understanding innovation-led development in industrialized nations. . . Mytelka’s book is an impressive and generally successful attempt to introduce seminal scholarship in the area of innovation and economic development in developing countries into the mainstream innovation studies literature. Consequently, it is certainly a must-read volume for academics and practitioners alike who are interested in learning about innovation systems and innovation policymaking in developing regions.’
– Naubahar Sharif, Science and Public Policy