Inequality and Development Challenges: BRICS National Systems of Innovation

by Mario Scerri (Editor), Maria Clara Couto Soares (Editor), Rasigan Maharajh (Editor)

This series of books brings together results of an extensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation (NSI) in the five BRICS countries ― Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. It provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of the challenges and opportunities faced by these dynamic and emerging economies. In discussing the impact of innovation with respect to economic, geopolitical, socio-cultural, institutional, and technological systems, it reveals the possibilities of new development paradigms for equitable and sustainable growth. This volume analyses the co-evolution of inequality and NSI across the BRICS economies. It reveals the multi-dimensional character of inequality, in going beyond its income aspect to include assets, access to basic services, infrastructure, knowledge, race, gender, ethnicity and geographic location. In advancing valuable policy recommendations, the book argues that inequalities must be factored in development strategies given that benefits of innovation are not automatically distributed equally. Original and detailed data, together with expert analyses on wide-ranging issues, make this book an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in economics, development studies and political science, in addition to policy-makers and development practitioners interested in the BRICS countries.

376 pages, Hardcover

First published July 12, 2013

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[Anup Das · Rating 4 out of 5]

Development Challenges vis-à-vis National Systems of Innovation
In book titled "Inequality and Development Challenges" edited by Maria Clara Couto Soares, Mario Scerri and Rasigan Maharajh, different authors narrate their understandings on the development challenges while engaging with national systems of innovation. This is Volume 2 of the 'BRICS - National Systems of Innovation' book series, sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. This book draws country case studies from BRICS countries around the world, namely, Brazil (chapter 2), Russia (chapter 3), India (chapter 4), China (chapter 5), and South Africa (chapter 6). Chapterization on the basis of a country's perspectives helps the reader to assess the present discourses in development agendas vis-à-vis national systems of innovation in the respective country. This book is available in open access mode at http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstre...