LEADER 03234nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910812262103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7983-0349-2 010 $a0-7983-0350-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000340358 035 $a(EBL)1164441 035 $a(OCoLC)836400406 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000994222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11563751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000994222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10957154 035 $a(PQKB)10724682 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1164441 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1164441 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10677901 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL499253 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000340358 100 $a20130413d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChallenges of african transformation $eexploring through innovation approach /$fedited by Mammo Munchie and Baskaran Angathevar 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cAfrica Institute of South Africa$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (234 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7983-0348-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreface -- Contributing authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Science and technology indicators in Africa: historical development and challenges -- Chapter 2. Building systems for innovation 'Take off' in African economies -- Chapter 3. Innovation in Africa, toward a realistic vision -- Chapter 4. Innovations systems in renewable natural resource management and sustainable agriculture: a literature review -- Chapter 5. Low-income countries and innovation studies: a review of recent literature -- Chapter 6. Human capital, R&D and endogenous occupational choice -- Chapter 7. Building systems of innovation in an African setting: the cluster initiative development approach -- Chapter 8. Are north-south technological spillovers substantial? A dynamic panel data model estimation -- Chapter 9. Where are the flags of our father? Rethinking linkages between social policies and innovation policies -- Chapter 10. Design theory of Letanta -- Chapter 11. Conclusion. 330 $aA brief overview of the African economic picture reveals a paradox where the continent that has rich mineral resources, nearly a billion people and a land mass which includes the sizes of China, USA, India, Western Europe, Argentina together and still is larger than the sum of these regions is in an unacceptable state of being an object of aid, debt and loans despite the vast resources both known and yet to be expolored in it for the whole post-colonial period. 410 0$aUPCC book collections on Project Muse. 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica 606 $aDeveloping countries 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aDeveloping countries. 676 $a338.064 701 $aaMuchie$b Mammo$01718105 701 $aBaskaran$b Angathevar$01612893 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812262103321 996 $aChallenges of african transformation$94114811 997 $aUNINA