<p>This book analyzes the current trends in the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge which contribute to social inequalities, especially in the Global South. The aim of the text is to explore the possibilities of active involvement by universities in the democratization of knowledge - a p
Innovating for the Global South: Towards an Inclusive Innovation Agenda
β Scribed by Dilip Soman; Janice Gross Stein; Joseph Wong
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 191
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Innovating for the Global South offers fresh solutions for reducing poverty in the developing world.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction: Rethinking Innovation
1 Poverty, Invisibility, and Innovation
2 Behaviourally Informed Innovation
3 Appropriate Technologies for the Global South
4 Globalization of Biopharmaceutical Innovation: Implications for Poor-Market Diseases
5 Embedded Innovation in Health
6 Scaling Up: The Case of Nutritional Interventions in the Global South
7 New Models for Financing Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurial Organizations in the Global South
8 Innovation and Foreign Policy
9 Inclusive Innovation
Glossary
About the Contributors
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