Inequality and development challenges / editors, Maria Clara Couto Soares, Mario Scerri, Rasigan Maharajh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Soares, Maria Clara Couto, editor.

Scerri, Mario, editor.

Maharajh, Rasigan, editor.

Series:

BRICS, national systems of innovation.

BRICS, national systems of innovation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Developing countries.

International business enterprises.

Social responsibility of business--Developing countries.

Social responsibility of business.

Industrial management--Developing countries.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (liii, 319 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York ; New Delhi : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface

Introduction: BRICS National Systems of Innovation

1. The Co-evolution of Innovation and Inequality

2. Inequality, Innovation System and Development: The Brazilian Experience

3. National Innovation System and Inequality in Russia

4. Dealing with the Innovation-Inequality Conundrum: The Indian Experience

5. Innovation System and Inequality Reduction in China

6. South Africa: The Need to Disrupt the Co-evolution of the Innovation System and Inequality

About the Series Editors

About the Editors

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-73417-6

1-317-56018-3

1-317-56017-5

9781315734170

OCLC:

1059513724