Many policymakers have backgrounds in academia – a fact that goes a long way to building understanding and trust. Trust not only among individuals but also in academic research per se. UNU-MERIT’s 10th ‘MEIDE’ conference put this theory to the test, revealing among other things how much, and under what conditions, academic researchers are able to influence decision makers. Held in Montevideo, Uruguay, 16-17 November 2017, this edition of the ‘Model-based Evidence on Innovation and Development’ (...
“We are here because we are interested in the issue of innovation and development, innovation and productivity, and to what extent innovation can help countries like India to get out of their underdevelopment… to catch up with the richer countries.” Prof. Pierre Mohnen The 8th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE), held on 12 February in New Delhi, brought together researchers from around the world to discuss the importance of innovation for economic grow...
UNU-MERIT (United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research institute on Innovation and Technology) is pleased to announce that the 8th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE) will be held on 10-12 February 2015 in New Delhi, India. The conference will be part of a series of events organised with the Confederation of Indian Industries, the OECD and the World Bank on the topic of “inclusive innovation”....