Briefs
The Policy Brief series is designed to reach policymakers, as well as groups and individuals seeking to influence the policymaking process at national and international levels. The production of each Brief is a collaborative effort, often bringing together experts from specialised research institutions located in both the Global North and South. Experts participate in the selection of topics to be covered and contribute articles on one of the agreed topics. UNU-MERIT coordinators edit these contributions into a coherent 8-12 page Policy Brief.
The specific objectives of the PB series are to:
- Provide reliable, relevant information for policymakers, especially in developing countries;
- Strengthen the capacity of research institutions, especially in developing countries, to contribute meaningfully to the dialogue on technology policy issues in their countries;
- Create greater awareness in the industrialised world of issues relevant to the concerns of developing countries.
2023
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2023, Building Resilience to Flooding. By Shyama V. Ramani, Pranav Shankar Kaundinya, Natalie Perné and Serdar Türkeli
2022
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2022, Finance and Innovation: From Joseph Alois Schumpeter to Rhino Bonds. By Anthony Bartzokas
UNU Policy Brief, Number 2, 2022. Is global solidarity funding possible?: A brief for the case of Nepal and Uganda. By Zina Nimeh, Giulio Bordon, Mitja Del Bono, Guido Heins
2021
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2021, How should policymakers tackle ‘wicked’ problems? By Shyama V. Ramani
2020
UNU Policy Brief, Number 7, 2020, The 4B’s: Follow Bauhaus to Build Back a Better World. By René Kemp and Joost van Haaften
UNU Policy Brief, Number 6, 2020, E-resilience in Education: A Conceptual Framework. By Mindel van de Laar
UNU Policy Brief, Number 5, 2020, Shock-sensitive Social Protection in Malawi. By Alex Hunns, Francesco Iacoella & Franziska Gassmann
UNU Policy Brief, Number 4, 2020, Hammer or Nudge? Science-based Policy Advice in the COVID-19 Pandemic. By Luc Soete
UNU Policy Brief, Number 3, 2020, Industrialisation and De-Industrialisation in the Developing World. By Andy Sumner
UNU Policy Brief, Number 2, 2020, Jobs and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries. By Marco Sanfilippo
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2020, Automation, Industrialisation and Development. By Lukas Schogl
2019
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2019, Measuring Women’s Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa. By Micheline Goedhuys & Eleonora Nillesen
2018
UNU Policy Brief, Number 4, 2018, The Importance of Social Protection for Children in the Balkans. By Franziska Gassmann & Eszter Timar
UNU Policy Brief, Number 3, 2018 (EN / FR) Innovation for Development in West Africa: Challenges for Promoting ST&I Policy. By Michiko Iizuka, Almamy Konté, Philippe Mawoko, Elisa Calza & Fred Gault.
UNU Policy Brief, Number 2, 2018, Rates of Return to Social Protection: Social Cash Transfers in Uganda. By Stephan Dietrich & Franziska Gassmann
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2018, The Economic Impacts of Social Cash Transfers in Integrated and Remote Areas in Uganda. By Maria Klara Kuss & Franziska Gassmann
2016
UNU Policy Brief, Number 2, 2016 (EN / NL). Limits of Freedom? Experiences with the Participation Act. By Mira Bierbaum & Franziska Gassmann
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2016. Social Cash Transfers as Economic Investments: Contextualising the Transmission Channels between Uganda’s Senior Citizens Grant and Economic Growth. By Maria Klara Kuss & Paddy Llewellin
2015
UNU Policy Brief, Number 2, 2015. Swiss Migration Partnerships: A New Tool for Bilateral Cooperation on Migration? By Elaine McGregor, Katrin Marchand & Melissa Siegel
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2015. Innovation for Development in Southern & Eastern Africa: Challenges for Promoting ST&I Policy (EN / FR) . By Michiko Iizuka, Philippe Mawoko & Fred Gault
2014
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2014. Migrant and Refugee Integration in Global Cities: The Role of Cities and Businesses. By Teressa Juzwiak, Elaine McGregor & Melissa Siegel
2013
UNU Policy Brief, Number 5, 2013. Women in the Informal Economy: Experiments in Governance from Emerging Countries. By Shyama V. Ramani, Sutapa Chattopadhyay & Ajay Thutupalli
2010
UNU Research Brief, Number 1, 2010. The Global Financial Crisis and Africa’s “Immiserizing Wealth” (PDF 289 KB). By Alexis Habiyaremye & Luc Soete
2009
UNU Policy Brief, Number 4, 2009. Toward a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development (PDF 70 KB). By Paul A. David, Can Huang, Luc Soete & Adriaan van Zon
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2009. The Internationalization of Chinese and Indian Firms: Trends, Motivations and Policy Implications (PDF 353 KB). By Suma Athreye & Sandeep Kupar
2008
UNU Research Brief, Number 1, 2008. Measuring Eco-Innovation (PDF 272 KB). By René Kemp
2006
UNU Policy Brief, Number 11, 2006. Using Science and Technology Indicators to support knowledgebased economies (PDF 220 KB). By Robert Tijssen & Hugo Hollanders
UNU Policy Brief, Number 10, 2006. Foreign Direct Investment: Key Issues for Promotion Agencies (PDF 204 KB). By Mariana Zanatta, Ionara Costa & Sergey Filippov
UNU Policy Brief, Number 3, 2006. Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Transport Alternatives: Issues for Developing Countries (PDF 204 KB). By Lynn Mytelka & Grant Boyl
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2006. Open Source and Open Standards: A New Frontier for Economic Development? (PDF 401 KB). By Rishab Aiyer Ghosh & Jan Philipp Schmidt, March 2006.
2005
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 4, Issue 1 (PDF 131 Kb)
Measuring Innovation: Making Innovation Surveys Work for Developing Countries, Goedhuys, Micheline (Ed.), December 2005
UNU Policy Brief, Number 1, 2005. Regulating Bioprospecting: Institutions for Drug Research, Access and Benefit-Sharing (PDF 397 KB). By Padmashree Gehl Sampath, March 2005.
2004
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 3, Issue 2 (PDF 382 Kb)
Some Interrelationships Between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Abstracts in French and Spanish
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 3, Issue 1 (PDF 338 Kb)
North South Partnerships in Agricultural Biotechnology
Abstracts in French and Spanish
2003
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 2, Issue 2 (PDF 220 Kb)
ICTs for Innovation: Policy Issues for Developing Countries
Abstracts in French and Spanish
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 2, Issue 1 (PDF 118 Kb)
Transnational Corporations, Learning and Innovation: Implications of the TRIMs Agreement
Abstracts in French and Spanish
2002
Technology Policy Brief, Volulme 1, Issue 4 (PDF 118 Kb)
Energy and the Environment
Abstracts in French and Spanish
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 1, Issue 3 (PDF 155 Kb)
Bio-Pharmaceuticals and Health
Abstracts in French and Spanish
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 1, Issue 2 (PDF 225 Kb)
Agricultural Biotechnology
Abstracts in French and Spanish
Please also visit the Biotechnology Policy Group at the Open University.
Technology Policy Brief, Volume 1, Issue 1 (PDF 201 Kb)
Technology Policy Issues at the WTO
Abstracts in French and Spanish
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