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Technology and Innovation Report 2015

Fostering Innovation Policies for Industrial Development

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: January 2016, PDF: December 2015 )

This report focuses on how innovation policies can expressly promote industrial development, and what lessons can be learnt from existing experiences of countries, both developing and developed. It...

This report focuses on how innovation policies can expressly promote industrial development, and what lessons can be learnt from existing experiences of countries, both developing and developed. It...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2018

Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: December 2018, PDF: September 2018 )

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...

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...


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Promoting Local Economic Development through Strategic Planning

Series: Local Economic Development Series, The
( Print: December 2006 )

Strategic planning for local economic development is a cornerstone of sustainable development. It involves wise resource use, integrating values and thinking ahead. The LED Training Series uses case...

Strategic planning for local economic development is a cornerstone of sustainable development. It involves wise resource use, integrating values and thinking ahead. The LED Training Series uses case...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2021

Catching Technological Waves - Innovation With Equity

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: April 2021, PDF: April 2021 )

The UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2021 examines the likelihood of frontier technologies widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international...

The UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2021 examines the likelihood of frontier technologies widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2023

Opening Green Windows: Technological Opportunities for a Low-carbon World

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: March 2023, PDF: March 2023 )

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...

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...


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Financial Management for Local Government

Series: Local Economic Development Series, The
( Print: June 2007 )

This four volume set is designed to cover all aspects of sound financial management for local governments in developed and developing countries and economies in transition. Concepts of good governance...

This four volume set is designed to cover all aspects of sound financial management for local governments in developed and developing countries and economies in transition. Concepts of good governance...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2010

Enhancing Food Security in Africa through Science, Technology and Innovation

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: June 2010, PDF: August 2010 )

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 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...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2011

Powering Development with Renewable Energy Technologies

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: January 2013, PDF: February 2012 )

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...

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...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2012

Innovation, Technology and South-South Collaboration

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: December 2012, PDF: December 2012 )

This Technology and Innovation Report argues that with the growing importance of developing countries globally, the time is ripe to move beyond analyzing current trends in South-South trade and...

This Technology and Innovation Report argues that with the growing importance of developing countries globally, the time is ripe to move beyond analyzing current trends in South-South trade and...


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Local Actions for Sustainable Development

Water and Sanitation in Asia-Pacific Region

Series: Local Economic Development Series, The
( Print: June 2008 )

The Asian continent represents the world’s most populous region with most of the world’s largest cities and it is the global economic powerhouse of the future. Almost two-thirds of the global...

The Asian continent represents the world’s most populous region with most of the world’s largest cities and it is the global economic powerhouse of the future. Almost two-thirds of the global...


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Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management

Moving Forward the Sustainable and Welcome Uses of a Global Resource

Series: Local Economic Development Series, The
( Print: June 2009 )

Excreta and wastewater sludge are resources. Finding ways to put them to their best uses is part of developing sustainable human communities. But if not managed properly, excreta and sludge can be...

Excreta and wastewater sludge are resources. Finding ways to put them to their best uses is part of developing sustainable human communities. But if not managed properly, excreta and sludge can be...