Towards an R&D indicator and human development
SOURCE: Development Southern Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Kruss, M.Sithole, Y.Buchana
KEYWORDS: ECONOMIC GROWTH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INEQUALITY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
DEPARTMENT: Office of the CEO (ERM), Office of the CEO (OCEO), Office of the CEO (IL), Office of the CEO (BS), Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII), Office of the CEO (IA)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11495
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15475
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15475
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Kruss, M.Sithole, Y.Buchana
KEYWORDS: ECONOMIC GROWTH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INEQUALITY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
DEPARTMENT: Office of the CEO (ERM), Office of the CEO (OCEO), Office of the CEO (IL), Office of the CEO (BS), Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII), Office of the CEO (IA)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11495
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15475
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15475
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Abstract
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.-
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