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Technology and Innovation Report 2023
Opening Green Windows: Technological Opportunities for a Low-carbon World
We live in a time of rapid technological change at the height of the digital transformation and the early stages of the Industry 4.0 revolution. When guided by an inclusive and sustainable compass these technological waves have great potential to increase prosperity and protect the planet bringing about the vital transformations needed to achieve the SDGs and put the world on a sustainable path. They also offer a window of opportunity for developing countries to catch up technologically and narrow global divides. Critical areas for innovation in this new technological revolution are renewable energy technologies and frontier technologies for sustainable production and consumption. The Technology and Innovation Report examines the opportunities and challenges posed by green innovation on the ability of developing countries to catch up reduce inequalities and contribute to tackling climate change. It argues that green policies are key to create the windows of opportunities. At the same time firms and governments must be ready to respond and take advantage of these opportunities. This requires sector-specific strategies and the support of the international community to empower developing countries to develop use adopt and adapt green technologies for sustainable development.
Technology and Innovation Report 2021
Catching Technological Waves - Innovation With Equity
Technology and Innovation Report 2018
Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development
The Technology and Innovation Report 2018 discusses the role of frontier technologies in sustainable development. It outlines the main features and the manifold ways in which they can accelerate development. The report also identifies some potential risks describes the capability gender and infrastructural gaps that need to be address and discusses policy options including some innovative policy approaches that countries can consider to maximize the development benefits and minimize the risks of frontier technologies.
Technology and Innovation Report 2015
Fostering Innovation Policies for Industrial Development
Technology and Innovation Report 2012
Innovation, Technology and South-South Collaboration
Technology and Innovation Report 2011
Powering Development with Renewable Energy Technologies
This report argues that responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty and mitigating climate change requires a new energy paradigm. Such a paradigm would have renewable energy technologies complementing (and eventually substituting) conventional energy sources in efforts to alleviate energy poverty across the developing world. This is a realistic paradigm given that the world is faced with energy poverty issues that cannot be resolved using conventional fuel sources without risking irreversible climate change. In finding newer energy solutions that integrate renewable energy with existing energy sources developing countries will need to develop technology and innovation capabilities. This report seeks to contribute to new policy insights in this extremely complex area.
Technology and Innovation Report 2010
Enhancing Food Security in Africa through Science, Technology and Innovation
The 2010 Technology and Innovation Report - Enhancing Food Security in Africa Through Science Technology and Innovation - focuses on the challenges of improving agricultural performance in Africa and the role of technology and innovation in raising agricultural production and incomes of all farmers including smallholder farms. The report argues that the main challenge is to strengthen the innovation capabilities of African agricultural systems as a means of addressing poverty improving food security and achieving broader economic growth and development.