Linking education with innovation was a key part of our latest DEIP workshop, held in the Dominican Republic in the heart of the Caribbean. Our event, co-hosted with the Inter-American Development Bank and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, brought researchers face-to-face with private and public sector representatives to find new and better ways to promote innovation. We spoke with five delegates, each representing a sphere of influence in innovation policy; click the + s...

We had five PhD defences in June 2014, covering government policies for highly skilled migrants, education and health in Senegal, housing in Uganda, government reform in Kosovo, and innovation in Latin America. See the events calendar and boxes below for more details. This page will be updated after each event....

How is innovation being internationalised? How important are intellectual property rights for development? How well are these rights managed in developing countries? These were the questions driving the 7th annual conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE), Santiago de Chile, 7-8 November 2013, which focused on intellectual property rights (IPR) policy in developing countries. Among the topics covered, two major sessions were devoted to the internationalisation of innovat...

A new book co-edited by Prof. Luc Soete argues that capability building is an active, not a passive, process demanding a clear effort from learners in developing countries. Dedicated to Jorge Katz, a renowned scholar on the economics of innovation and technological change, the book claims that development is a process of creative destruction. In the blog below, co-author Dr. Michiko Iizuka explains these key concepts and the overall thrust of capability building for development.  ...