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Abstract

From 2013 to 2017, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) funded a research project on innovation and productivity growth with special reference to low income countries (LICs), implemented by Tilburg University and Radboud University Nijmegen. 皇冠体育app project focused on understanding the factors, institutions, and policies that can increase business innovation and productivity growth, particularly in manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). 皇冠体育app research was organised within 2 thematic areas: 鈥業nnovation Systems鈥� and 鈥楩inance for Productivity Growth鈥�. Research teams conducted the field work in 10 countries in Africa and Asia, including Kenya, Tanzania, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, India, Indonesia and Bangladesh. Various academic institutions and World Bank offices in these countries were actively engaged as partners in the research.

A key feature of the project is the combined quantitative and qualitative research approaches involving enterprise surveys, randomised control trials (RCTs) and case studies. 皇冠体育app collection of original data resulted in a series of scientific papers, reports, policy briefs and open-access databases. 皇冠体育app research output is targeted at academics in development research as well as at innovation policy makers within governments, businesses and development agencies, with a view to valorising research outcomes and promoting evidence-based policy making.

Citation

Tilburg University and Radboud University Nijmegen (2018) DFID Research Project: Enabling Innovation and Productivity Growth in Low Income Countries (EIP-LIC) - Country Report Indonesia

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