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Innovation and the Development AgendaVolume 9789264088924, 2010, Pages 65-90

Adapting the innovation systems framework to Sub-Saharan Africa
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  • aCentre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM), University of Brighton, United Kingdom
  • bInstitute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Faculty of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
  • cRAND Europe, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • dDevelopment Policy and Practice, Open University, United Kingdom

Abstract

This chapter discusses the structural realities of Sub-Saharan African countries and how they relate to the conversion of knowledge to value. It focuses on two central aspects of innovation in developing countries: the dominance of foreign investment in natural resources (particularly in extractive industries) and in infrastructure; and the large informal sector, which contributes about 41% to gross domestic product in Sub-Saharan Africa and represents around 72% of total employment outside the agricultural sector. It does not aim to provide an exhaustive analysis of these issues but to encourage discussion in an innovation systems perspective. © OECD/IDRC 2010.

  • ISBN: 978-926408892-4;978-926408891-7
  • Source Type: Book
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1787/9789264088924-7-en
  • Document Type: Book Chapter
  • Publisher: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

  Kraemer-Mbula, E.; Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM), University of Brighton, United Kingdom
© Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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