National Innovation Policies: What Countries Do Best and How They Can Improve
A Declaration of Mutual Interest in Trade and Globalization for the Benefit of All Peoples and Nations
Contributors and Detractors: Ranking Countries' Impact on Global Innovation
Uncovering the Hidden Value of Digital Trade
Digital Highway for Equity: The route for Colombia to reach the SDGs by 2030
This document focuses on the identification of the advances and challenges related to practices focused on achieving the SDGs for 2030 in Colombia. Having as a central and transversal axis the use, adoption and appropriation of ICT by people, industries and institutions, a roadmap is presented to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by new technologies to not only meet our quota of ODS, but to lead the region in the knowledge economy.
Countries That Want to Build an Innovation-Driven Knowledge Economy Should Embrace Patent Linkage
Robust intellectual property (IP) protection is vital for biopharmaceutical innovation. It provides the incentives and business certainty needed to attract and sustain long-term investment in prevention, treatments and cures. IP rights have little value without enforcement, however.
A Study on the Economic Reform in North Korea under Kim Jong Un: Focusing on the "Our Style of Economic Management"
Since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took power, the North Korean economy has undergone significant changes in many aspects. At the core of these changes in the economy in the Kim Jong Un era is the official approval of state-owned businesses' participation in the market economy and the adjustment of the roles of the state and business, both changes that were institutionalized through revisions of economic laws such as the People's Economic Planning Act and Trade Act.
China Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Primer
This report "China Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Primer" brings together, for the first time in Pakistan, facts, policies, perceptions and implementation status at one place about the most important business deal for the country. The report provides a broad overview of the economic significance of economic corridors, identifies parameters of their success, highlights salient features of the institutional and legal framework that governs CPEC, identifies business opportunities alongside the route, highlights concerns from Pakistan's private sector, updates on the implementation status of CPEC and suggests next steps. The report is based on a review of available literature, background meetings with the senior government officials and representatives from business associations.
PIDS Annual Report 2018: Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has released its annual report for 2018 detailing its accomplishments in research, policy recommendation, and collaboration in the following fields: Agriculture, natural resources, and environmental management; human development, labor markets, and poverty; institutions, law, and economics; macroeconomics, finance, and growth; public economics and governance; regional, urban, and rural development; science, technology, and innovation; and trade and industry and international economy.