Learning, Capability Building and Innovation for Development

Today, a large number of scholars studying development understand this process as involving learning and capability building. Capability building is an active, not a passive, process. It requires a purposeful effort from the learner's side, with support and commitment on allocation of time and resources toward learning activities. This process implies the possibility of failure as well as success, as we also learn from failures. A global cast of academics and policy makers examines economic development as a process of learning and technological accumulation, showing how economic development is a process involving creative destruction. While markets and market competition play major roles in structuring the development process, non-market institutions and government policies matter.

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Morris Teubal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelGustavo Crespi, Inter-American Development Bank, USAJosé Eduardo Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BrazilHelena Maria Martins Lastres, Brazilian Development BankMichiko Iizuka, UNU-MERIT, the NetherlandsFlávio Peixoto, Brazilian Institute of Geography and StatisticsRajah Rasiah, University of Malaya, MalaysiaKeun Lee, Seoul National University, South KoreaRaphael Kaplinsky, the Open University, UKHoward Pack, University of Pennsylvania, USAAlexandre O. Vera-Cruz, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, MexicoGabriela Dutrenit, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, MexicoValeria Arza, Argentinean National Research Council Bernardo Kosacoff, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMario Cimoli, University of Venice, ItalyGabriel Porcile, University of Parana, Brazil