This is a book about heterogeneity and diversity of design and implementation of policies for science, technology and innovation (STI) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Throughout the book, it is shown that the design of STI policies is governed by converging in the application of new conceptual frameworks that emerge both from outside – for example, the approach to the National Innovation System (SNI) (Freeman, 1987; Lundvall, 1992; Nelson, 1993; Kim, 1997) – as well as from within the region – the Latin American school of thought on science and technology, the structuralist approach (Sabato and Botana, 1968; Prebisch, 1949ab, Furtado, 1958, 1961; Herrera, 1971; Sagasti, 1978).
Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Development: The Latin American experience
This is a book about heterogeneity and diversity of design and implementation of policies for science, technology and innovation (STI) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Throughout the book, it is shown that the design of STI policies is governed by converging in the application of new conceptual frameworks that emerge both from outside – for example, the approach to the National Innovation System (SNI) (Freeman, 1987; Lundvall, 1992; Nelson, 1993; Kim, 1997) – as well as from within the region – the Latin American school of thought on science and technology, the structuralist approach (Sabato and Botana, 1968; Prebisch, 1949ab, Furtado, 1958, 1961; Herrera, 1971; Sagasti, 1978). At the same time, countries are trying to learn from each other in order to make their activities. But we also see divergent trends resulting from institutional constraints and political economy factors that determine how these approaches are applied in individual countries. From these initial ideas, the first point to note in this introduction concerns trends and converging views..
