Documents & Reports

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Vietnam Climate Innovation Center (VCIC) RETF - P155260 - Sequence No : 06 (English)

Cross border business matchmaking : accelerating South Africa’s green economy (English)

Green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) in South Africa often struggle to take full advantage of local market opportunities and lack the global assets required to succeed in competitive and fast-growing...

Regional inovation policy and multilevel governance in developing countries : between a rock and a hard place (English)

Innovation policy is increasingly conceived as the shared responsibility of national and subnational governments, yet most countries are struggling with multilevel governance. This paper provides an overview...

Indonesia - Research and development financing (English)

How much Indonesia spends on research and development (R and D) financing, where it spends it, and how it spends it, will affect the level of the country's growth for many years to come. Indonesia currently...

Igniting innovation : rethinking the role of government in emerging Europe and Central Asia (English)

This book builds on the lessons from public institutions and programs to support innovation, both successful and failed, from Europe and Central Asia (ECA) as well as China, Finland, Israel, and the United...

Harnessing quality for global competitiveness in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (English)

In many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA), the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) does not support business competitiveness, though this is one of its functions in organization for...

R&D institutes in ECA : a reform strategy (English)

In Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, the states own and operate most of the research and development institutes (RDIs). These institutes often play an important and even dominant role in...

R&D institutes in ECA : a reform strategy (Russian)

In Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, the states own and operate most of the research and development institutes (RDIs). These institutes often play an important and even dominant role in...

Quality systems and standards for a competitive edge : Sistemas y estandares de calidad hacia la construccion de ventaja competitiva (Spanish)

This book argues for the urgent need for countries to move forward aggressively on adopting and upgrading quality and standards. The focus is on developing countries, many of which are lagging in the race...

Quality systems and standards for a competitive edge (English)

This book argues for the urgent need for countries to move forward aggressively on adopting and upgrading quality and standards. The focus is on developing countries, many of which are lagging in the race...