Abstract
In development, the issue of domestic insularity and
foreign dependency are recurring themes, often invoked as
explanatory categories for the success or failure of
long-term development. We develop a bibliometric method
to assess the relative share of domestic and foreign
contributions to production of new knowledge in
developing countries to analyze the long-term evolution
of research systems in Brazil, China, India, and Northern
and Sub-Saharan Africa 1986-2009, as well as provide
comparative perspectives with similar data for small,
advanced economy country, Finland. Whereas these
developing countries established relatively homogenous
group of research systems in mid-1980s in terms of
knowledge production, their developmental trajectories
diverged substantially since mid-1990s in terms of total
and relative knowledge production as China and Brazil
forged ahead, India and Northern Africa established a
middle-tier group, and Sub-Saharan Africa fell further
behind. The relative share of domestic capacities
correlates with the timing, and subsequent divergence of
research systems, as countries with increased domestic
knowledge capacities enjoy higher long-term growth in
terms of knowledge production, and the other way around.
Persistently low or long-term decline of domestic
knowledge capacities correlates with lagging growth of
research capacities, suggesting that some developing
countries may be facing "knowledge traps", unless their
research systems undergo structural and strategic reforms
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Globelics 2012 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings CD |
Place of Publication | Hangzhou, China |
Pages | 2475-2498 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | The 10th GLOBELICS International Conference: Innovation and Development: Opportunities and Challenges in Globalisation - Hangzhou, China Duration: 8 Nov 2012 → 11 Nov 2012 |
Conference
Conference | The 10th GLOBELICS International Conference: Innovation and Development: Opportunities and Challenges in Globalisation |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | Hangzhou |
Period | 8/11/12 → 11/11/12 |
Keywords
- Research
- sources of knowledge
- innovation systems
- developing countries
- knowledge trap