Towards an indicator of R&D and human development

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ID21540912
AutoresGlenda Kru (0000-0002-0946-785X, Human Sciences Research Council, autor de correspondencia), Glenda Kruss (Human Sciences Research Council), Moses Sithole (0000-0001-8889-5184, Human Sciences Research Council), Yasser Buchana (0000-0002-0894-2575, Human Sciences Research Council)
Año2021
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas248-263
Fecha de publicación2021-03-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopment Southern Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0376-835X • E-ISSN: 1470-3637
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0376835x.2020.1824767
OpenAlexW3092640154
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas41

To measure policy progress, one key science, technology and innovation indicator has long captured the imagination of policy makers: gross domestic R&D expenditure as a proportion of the gross domestic product of a country. However, African development challenges inform new policy commitments to orient STI towards inclusive and sustainable development. Such dynamics led us to question how the prevailing STI measurement frameworks need to change. A starting point is to add a complementary measure: how can existing methods be used to assess and track the gross domestic R&D expenditure oriented to drive equitable and inclusive human development? The paper aims to design such a complementary indicator using existing national R&D datasets collected in line with the Frascati guidelines. We focus our experimentation in the South African context, with a view to generalising new measures to the sub-Saharan African context over the longer term

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Gross domestic product · Political science · Public economics · Regional science · Sustainable development · Computer Science · Economic Growth and Productivity · Innovation Policy and RD · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models