CHAPTER II THE EMERGING LANDSCAPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
F. CHAPTER SUMMARY
-cally to South-South collaboration for technological innovation,
capacity-&( ) ( &&-tion. For instance, these aspects are not referred to in Africa’s Con-solidated Science and Technology Plan of Action of 2006. A reason for this might be that it is only relatively recently that such areas of South-South collaboration have become ( ( countries.
$ ( -sions for greater cooperation in sci-ence and technology for various sec-tors, but implementation tends to be rather limited in depth and scope. A VD#!&
"* &-tries are calling for greater ownership in this regard. In particular, there is much emphasis on what areas
re-%& * & how this is to be conducted.
$ O* (-ernment initiatives, there seems to be little coordination between in developing countries. All develop-( &
such technological collaboration but
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promote the impact of such initiatives on their innovation systems. This is also true of countries in Africa and other regions of the developing world.
Z ( -tives on various aspects of science, technology and innovation, it seems that the policy incentives granted by governments in emerging countries and other developing countries are ) these broader regional policy visions.
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trends analysed in chapter II of this Report, leads to the conclusion that, although there ( &=&-laboration in technology and innovation, this is not being harnessed. Rather, cur-rent trends seem to point towards a pre-ponderance of technological collaborations within a smaller subset of developing coun-tries. These collaborations are based on a ( ( ) &
in chapter II, based on the rising technol-ogy absorptive capabilities in some of the developing countries. The analysis in this chapter shows that while there is a trend towards greater development assistance and an increasing emphasis on collabora-tion in technological learning in govern-ment pronouncegovern-ments, greater efforts are needed for implementation. Existing cases of South-South technological collaboration presented in this chapter show that, when designed appropriately, such collabora-tion can indeed lead to capacity-building in countries. Hence, it is imperative to ensure that such an effort is promoted in a more systematic way through coherent policies.
F. CHAPTER SUMMARY
This chapter has analysed South-South collaboration in technology and innovation in initiatives by both the private and public 7 = (=
related initiatives seem to be fewer and are mainly motivated by economic con-siderations or express government incen-tives, or both. Second, public sector and The agreements often
contain provisions for greater cooperation in science and technology
for various sectors, but implementation tends to be rather limited in
depth and scope.
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government-driven collaborations are more wide-ranging in nature, but at the same & -nical aspects rather than on technological = ( # analysis shows, there are several technical assistance initiatives in the widening devel-opment support programmes of emerging and other developing countries, but these need to be distinguished from technological * and technical collaborations are very ( ( ( ) base of the recipient countries.
There may be scope for newer forms of incentives and a more concerted effort to promote South-South collaboration in tech-nology and innovation in a number of ways.
For instance, collaboration could target (=&(&-versities and research centres of excellence.
In addition, it could promote design and
& ) ) = -tion. This chapter has also presented some major government initiatives in this area that
& '(-eas by developing countries, in the process ( 7 many of these initiatives could better serve the needs of developing countries when they clearly stipulate South-South collabo-ration for technological capacity-building, and are more closely coordinated with ) J within individual countries. The main con-clusion that can be drawn from this chapter is that there is a need for a more cohesive )&=& -ogy and innovation that ensures that col-laboration on technological learning and in-novation does indeed become a priority in expanding South-South exchanges.
Despite the plethora of government initiatives, there seems to be little coordination between
policies and actions
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