«Global Governance and Technology

International Journal of Technology Management, 2001

In 2000, world leaders adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration in which they pledged to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the world's people earning less than a dollar a day, suffering from hunger and unable to obtain safe drinking water. This paper argues that meeting these targets will entail concerted efforts to raise economic productivity in the developing world and to redirect research and development (R&D) in the industrialized countries to address problems that affect the developing countries. Doing this will require approaches that place science and technology at the centre of development policy in a world that is marked by extreme disparities in the creation of scientific and technical knowledge. Mobilizing this knowledge to meet the agricultural, health, communication and environmental needs of developing countries will continue to be one of the most important issues in international relations in the years to come. The paper identifies ways of using the world's scientific and technological knowledge to meet the needs of developing countries. More specifically, it examines linkages among science, technology and development; emerging trends in innovation systems;

Beyond the impact that Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) have for creating knowledgebased economies, they may also contribute to social and ecological dimensions of development. This would require beneficial ST&I policies to be in place. While authors have studied single ST&I impacts, scientific overviews of the entire range of possible impacts of ST&I and its policies are currently still lacking. In our paper on "Science, technology and innovation in the context of development-an overview of concepts and corresponding policies" we therefore present different scientific models and conceptions of how ST&I contribute to different aspects of development. After a first introduction to ST&I in the context of development and the role of policies, we group scientific models and conceptions into three ideal-type categories: ST&I for economic development, ST&I for sustainable development and ST&I for inclusive development. In addition to outlining underlying scientific concepts, we focus on the recommendations for ST&I policies of OECD, World Bank and UNESCO that correspond to each category. In the concluding section, we discuss the role of the ST&I policy models issued by international organisations and discuss how far they are transferrable to developing countries.

The Rise of Technological Power in the South, 2010

This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on the allocation of public and private resources for research, knowledge creation and diffusion. We argue that while the concentration of research investments remains in a relatively small number of rich countries and regions, the focus of such activities is increasingly global. From this perspective the international business community is becoming increasingly concerned about the sustainability of its long term growth based on relatively low growth at the high end of the market in comparison to rising demand amongst lower income groups, located primarily in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation-for-development strategies.

Developing LDC's using Science and Technology , 2023

"The paper establishes the importance of S&T in development and the interconnected criteria for evaluating development, emphasizing the reduction of poverty, unemployment, and inequality. It underscores the role of science in understanding issues and the role of technology in applying scientific knowledge to improve living conditions, economic growth, and social well-being. Historically, developed countries have harnessed S&T to drive their economic progress, as exemplified by the industrial revolution in the United States and the technological advancements in countries like Taiwan, Korea, China, and India. In contrast, LDCs have often struggled to leverage S&T for development, primarily due to their socio-economic and infrastructural challenges. The paper explores the potential for science and technology to address these challenges across various sectors. These challenges include a lack of qualified S&T personnel, inadequate infrastructure for research and development, technology dependence on developed nations, and brain drain. These issues hinder the ability of LDCs to compete with or reach the scientific and technological advancements of industrialized countries."

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1996

e live in a new era. One could almost talk about a new civilization emerging, W the global market civilization. The global market has its own characteristics. It is being formed around a number of cities around the world, which provide the key ingredients: technology, finance, information, and people. Some two hundred million people are today living in or around the urban centers which dominate the new global economy. They belong to the groups of people that are the likely winners of globalization. At the same time, there is a great risk that strong market forces will marginalize parts of the world's population-those who are not integrated into this new global economy. One salient feature of the new economy is the importance of knowledge. We have always lived in a knowledge society. The difference today is the revolutionary pace at which technologies change. In the early parts of this century it was estimated that the volume of knowledge in society doubled every fifty years. Today it happens in five years. One important characteristic of the new technologies-particularly in combination-is the potential for wealth creation. Hence, we are already witnessing rapidly widening gaps in wealth and income between the "knowledge workers" and the rest of society. Knowledge is power, today more than ever before. The formidable chal

1997

2011

This work has been inspired by the analysis and discussion of Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz’s critical elaboration exposed in his book “Making Globalization Work”, particularly in Chapter 4, “Patents, benefits and people”, which analyses the problems related to trade agreements, the protection of intellectual property rights and their connection with the development of innovations as well as with the access to health, a basic human right, and to the necessary medicines that may effectively treat globally extended diseases and pandemics, such as HIV-AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and dengue.

2001

The Responsible Research and Innovation framework emerged from the reflection on a socially desirable form of development of emerging technologies in Europe and the United States. In this chapter, I discuss how to further elaborate the framework in order to effectively engage in a dialogue with science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in the developing world, particularly in Latin America. In order to take on this task, I describe first the discussion about uncritical processes of STI policy transfer. Then I analyze the dominant framework of science, technology and innovation policies in the region. Finally, I propose topics that I think should be included in the RRI agenda; themes that will allow the framework to be more responsive to issues related to other geographical contexts. The proposed topics include: (a) expansion of its focus beyond emerging technologies, (b) inclusion of resistance to technologies and contentious politics, (c) global perspective on the production of innovations, (d) building of theoretical links with inclusive innovation frameworks and (d) the development of sensitivity towards intercultural dialogue.