Industrial Policy Meeting, New Delhi 2005
December 12, 2005
National Council of Applied Economic Research New Delhi, India
Although the term industrial policy has earned a poor reputation in the past, this prescription has been successfully employed in what are now some of the most vibrant emerging markets. India, China and Brazil, for instance, have had remarkable success in boosting economic growth, and in diffusing the benefits of technology led growth. Industrial policy can and does work, when the right industries are supported and when commerce has large spillovers.
Since it last met, the Industrial Policy task force added two new members who will use the upcoming meeting to discuss the past and future of industrial policy in India and China. Participants also reviewed final drafts of papers for their forthcoming publication. This task force meeting was held from 12 - 13th of December in partnership with the National Council of Applied Economic Research.
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Yilmaz Akyüz
Task Force Member
Former Director, Globalization and Development Strategies (retired)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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Alice Amsden
Task Force Member
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Antonio Barros de Castro
Task Force Member
Professor
Universidad Federal Rio de Janeiro
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Heloisa Borges
Task Force Member
Student
Universidad Federal Rio de Janeiro
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Mario Cimoli
Task Force Chair
Professor of Economics
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Giovanni Dosi
Task Force Chair
Professor of Economics
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa
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Michael Hobday
Task Force Member
Professor in Innovation Management
University of Sussex
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Mushtaq Khan
Task Force Member
Senior Professor in Economics
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Gabriel Palma
Task Force Member
University Lecturer
University of Cambridge
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Wilson Peres
Task Force Member
Chief, Unit on Industrial and Technological Development
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC-UN)
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Annalisa Primi
Task Force Member
Economist
Development Centre
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Ajit Singh
Task Force Member
Professor of Economics
University of Cambridge
Institutions and Policies Shaping Industrial Development: An Introductory Note
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The Roles of Research at Universities and Public Labs in Economic Catch-up
101kb pdf We draw upon historical evidence from several countries and contemporary studies of national innovation systems to argue that indigenous systems of academic training and public research have been in the past important elements of the institutional structures supporting a country’s economic catch up. Recent changes in the international economic environment, and the growing scientific basis for contemporary technologies, will make those systems even more important in the future. The contributions of universities and public labs to the development of indigenous technological capabilities have taken different forms in different countries and economic sectors. However, we note that, in contrast with current emphasis on university-based embryonic inventions and fundamental research, effective research programs have predominantly occurred in the application-oriented sciences and engineering, and have been oriented towards problem-solving, and the advancement of technologies of interest to a well-defined user-community. |