GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. PAGE 1.
Scientific and Technological Innovation as a Driver for Development of the Resource Poor Settings.
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ENTRY 1: OVERVIEW
Securing freedom from chronic dependency on foreign aid with scientific and technological Innovation: The Biotech tropicana Systems Approach.
According to Sachs et al’ “The long-term driving force of modern economic growth has been science based technological advance. Without modern technologies, the world would still be where it was centuries ago, with people at the edge of survival, always pressing on the margins of available food supply. Technologies allow human society to fight disease, to raise crop production, to mobilize new sources of energy, to disseminate information, to transport people and goods with greater speed and safety, to limit family size, and much more. Yet these technologies are not free. They are themselves the fruits of enormous social investments in education, scientific discovery, and targeted technological development to strengthen national systems of innovation……..Enterprises transform scientific and technological knowledge into goods and services, but governments play an important role in promoting the application of science and technology. They need to act in the four areas described here (UN Millennium Project 2005g). But national efforts alone are not sufficient. Meeting the Goals requires a special global effort to build scientific and technological capacities in the poorest countries—and to direct research and development toward specific challenges facing the poor (chapter 15).”
Research and Development (R&D) what we call in the Biotech tropicana Systems (BTS) Exploratory for Development (E&D) was proven to be an effective approach to technological innovation. Compared to our competitors many of which operate from the developed world, the BTS maintained a permanent exploratory unit in the developing world, placing us directly in contact with the challenges, our technological systems are designed to address and giving us an edge and a competitive advantage over our competitors.
From its initiation in 2000, our incubator systems grow from one to more than fifty (50) technological systems designed to be adapted to the context of developing countries, being incubated and developed in parallel. While maintaining many of our technological systems under a strict business secret, consistent with business and technological innovation guidelines. We will release some systems at different level of development when such release would be beneficial for the system as a whole without compromising our business interests.
Here, we release our “a tax incentive program for the resource poor settings: tax vs aid”. The results of our analysis suggest that the release of the program in the current context would provide more data to the BTS for improving the innovation process while at the same time being beneficial to the implementation environment.
Benin Republic is a small country of about 10 millions inhabitants located in the western coast of Africa, between Togo and Nigeria. As of April 2016, the country initiated a power transition. The hallmark of the new government is “reform”. The new government proposed a serie of reforms in almost all areas encompassing key parameters for a sustained development equation providing a developing world environment suitable for simulation and eventually implementation of our “made in the Biotech tropicana Systems” technological systems.
All systems in BTS are designed for implementation on a global scale with rooms for country level specifications. To secure mobility to technological systems innovated in the BTS, we strictly restricted funding to foreign institutions particularly country level pubic institutions. (Policy 3 & 5.. Biotech tropicana Systems). The Benin Republic so called “New Departure” proposed reforms provides for a suitable developing world business environment for simulating our “tax vs aid” for the resource poor settings designed based on recommendations by Sachs et al;;as a program of Biotech tropicana,IncCOMMUNITY. Interestingly, the leader of the “New Departure” proposed reforms include:
- Empowering local government at community level, and
- Empowering the private sector
The private sector is the major source of tax revenues in many developed countries. The private sector in Benin Republic is small and weak. Many of the few private institutions operate in the area of trade of goods and services. A private company operating in the area of technological innovation is unknown to the Biotech tropicana Systems. Attempts to take two of our” made in the Biotech tropicana Systems” products to the market in Benin Republic were not successful under the former government. We closed the programs for transfer to the Biotech tropicanaInCMUSEUM under heavy and counterproductive administrative burden. (Policy 15. Biotech tropicana Systems). Even where the proposed reforms in the Benin republic “New Departure” are still in the early stage of “proposals” to evaluate, the proposed reforms contain grounds for re-opening the files for simulation. Policy 16. Biotech tropicana Systems).
READING:
Science, technology, and innovation: building national capacities.
Sachs et al; Investing In Development. P92 (118)-MGD-
“The long-term driving force of modern economic growth has been science based technological advance. Without modern technologies, the world would still be where it was centuries ago, with people at the edge of survival, always pressing on the margins of available food supply. Technologies allow human society to fight disease, to raise crop production, to mobilize new sources of energy, to disseminate information, to transport people and goods with greater speed and safety, to limit family size, and much more. Yet these technologies are not free. They are themselves the fruits of enormous social investments in education, scientific discovery, and targeted technological development to strengthen national systems of innovation.
Every high-income country makes special public investments in higher education and in scientific and technological capacities. Poor countries have largely been spectators, or at best users, of the technological advances produced
in the high-income world. They lack large scientific communities, and their scientists are chronically underfunded, with the best and brightest moving abroad to find colleagues and support for scientific research.
Enterprises transform scientific and technological knowledge into goods and services, but governments play an important role in promoting the application of science and technology. They need to act in the four areas described here (UN Millennium Project 2005g). But national efforts alone are not sufficient. Meeting the Goals requires a special global effort to build scientific and technological capacities in the poorest countries—and to direct research and development toward specific challenges facing the poor (chapter 15).”…… To build science, technology, and innovation capabilities, developing countries need to expand access to higher education. But more than simply offering more places, universities need to become more entrepreneurial and oriented toward key development challenges. They can participate in technology parks and business incubator facilities. They can introduce entrepreneurial training and internships to their curricula. And they can encourage students to take research from the university to firms. Most universities will need to change to take on these new roles. Governments should also expand and set up research centers focused on specific needs, such as agriculture or public health…… Developing countries should use today’s technologies to help create new business
opportunities. Most developing countries still distinguish between industrial policies that emphasize building manufacturing capabilities and those that support research and development (R&D) to generate new knowledge. Adopting a “fast follower innovation strategy,” aimed at making full commercial use of existing technologies, would combine these two approaches while building a foundation for future R&D. In promoting business opportunities, countries should focus on platform technologies that have broad applications or impacts in the economy, such as
information and communications technology, biotechnology, and new materials. In addition, governments should adopt policies and invest in infrastructure that stimulates small and medium-size businesses, improves access to credit
and other forms of capital, increases participation in international trade, and promotes the integration of regional markets. Attracting foreign direct investment
can diffuse tacit knowledge and help enterprises learn about the world’s technological frontiers….. Infrastructure projects can also be a valuable part of a nation’s technological learning process. Every stage of an infrastructure project, from planning and design to construction and operation, involves the application of a wide range of technologies and requires deep understanding and capabilities from the many engineers, managers, and government officials. Policymakers need to recognize this dynamic role of infrastructure development in economic growth and take the initiative to acquire available technical knowledge from the international and local construction and engineering firms they contract with for such projects.
Sachs et al; Investing In Development.
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