Innovation for Development and the Role of Government : A Perspective from the East Asia and Pacific Region

by Fan, Qimiao; Li, Kouqing; Zeng, Douglas Zhihua; Dong, Yang; Peng, Runzhong

• ISBN13: 9780821376720
• ISBN10: 0821376721
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

The book examines the relationship between innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth, the role of innovation in financial sector development, and specific government policies for innovation in China.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Contributors	p. xvii
Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction and Summary	p. 1
Opening Address	p. 7
Keynote Address	p. 11
Innovation, Competitiveness, and Development
Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Development	p. 17
Innovation and Financial Development
Financial Innovation and Economic Performance	p. 53
China's Financial Sector Policies	p. 71
The Innovation and Development of China's Bond Market	p. 91
Innovation and the Financial Sector: Role of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation	p. 103
Innovation and Government Policies in China
Overview of China's Enterprise Innovation: Progress, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations	p. 121
China's Fiscal Policies for Innovation	p. 149
China's Tax Policies for Promoting Innovation	p. 181
Index	p. 195
Boxes
The U.S. Automobile Industry: Competition Drives Innovation	p. 20
Best Practices for Efficient Technology Diffusion Programs	p. 30
Establishment of Industrial Clusters: Silicon Valley	p. 32
The Republic of Korea: The Role of Government in a National Innovation System	p. 36
Creating an IP Culture in Singapore: Using Proactive Policies	p. 39
Investing in Human Resources and R&D: Recent Policy Development in Some OECD Countries	p. 40
The Republic of Korea: Promoting R&D and Innovation	p. 41
Fiscal and Financial Policies: The Case of TEKES in Finland	p. 42
The TEFT Technology: Attaches as Brokers	p. 44
Ingredients for the Success of Bangalore as an Innovative Cluster	p. 45
International Experience with Corporate Bond Market Development	p. 83
Technology in the Banking Sector	p. 106
The Rationale behind APEC's Focus on Good Governance, Supervision, and Regulation	p. 110
Background to APEC: Members, Pillars, and Objectives	p. 112
ABAC Support for the Implementation of Basel II and Developments in Banking and Supervision in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2006	p. 115
APEC Support to Corporate Bond Market Development, 2007	p. 116
Examples of Tax-Based Innovation Policies in China	p. 187
Figures
Inverted U-Shaped Relationship between Competition and Innovation	p. 19
Number of Patents Granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2006	p. 22
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