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Introduction

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Technological innovation is an essential driver of human and economic development. It can improve the functioning of markets (Jensen, 2007), promote government accountability (Callen and Long, 2014), build human capital (Foster and Rosenzweig, 1996), and reduce the risks we face from global environmental change (Dar et al., 2013). Yet designing technologies that improve the lives of the poor is notoriously challenging. The path from ideation to scale-up is rarely linear, or even successful.

Source: Development Engineering

DOI: 10.1016/j.deveng.2016.03.001

Authors: Temina Madon, Paul Gertler, Ashok Gadgil

Institutions: Center for Effective Global Action, University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Subfield: Business and International Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,220