BRICS • NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF INNOVATION
Inequality and
Development Challenges
EDITORS
Maria Clara Couto Soares
Mario Scerri
Rasigan Maharajh
M IDRC | CRDI
CanadS
Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group
LONDON NEW YORK NEW DELHI
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword by Judith Sutz
Preface
Introduction: BRICS National Systems of Innovation
JOSE E. CASSIOLATO and MARIA CLARA COUTO SOARES
1. The Co-evolution of Innovation and Inequality
MARIO SCERRI, MARIA CLARA COUTO SOARES and
RASIGAN MAHARAJH
2. Inequality, Innovation System and Development:
The Brazilian Experience
MARIA CLARA COUTO SOARES and
MARIA GABRIELA PODCAMENI
3.
National Innovation System and Inequality in Russia
STANISLAV ZAICHENKO
4.
Dealing with the Innovation-Inequality Conundrum:
The Indian Experience
K. J. JOSEPH, LAKHWINDER SINGH and VINOJ ABRAHAM
5. Innovation System and Inequality Reduction in China
XIELIN LIU, SHUCHENG HAN and Ao CHEN
6. South Africa: The Need to Disrupt the Co-evolution
of the Innovation System and Inequality
LUCIENNE ABRAHAMS and THOMAS E. POGUE
About the Series Editors
About the Editors
Notes ort Contributors
Index
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