Browsing by Autor "Carlos Aguirre-Bastos"

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Innovation Systems for Development: Making Research and Innovation in Developing Countries Matter
(2016) Bo Göransson; Claes Brundenius; Carlos Aguirre-Bastos
The rise and expansion of organized scientific research has led individuals to become accustomed to an unceasing delivery of new scientific results and technical improvements that resolve even seemingly unsolvable problems. This timely book examines how science-based research and innovation is designed, implemented and applied in developing countries in support of development and poverty alleviation. The expert contributors trace and compare the emergence of national innovation systems (NIS) in four developing countries – Bolivia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Vietnam. Dedicated chapters on each country identify the main structural and organizational problems for improving the relevance and quality of research output for the productive sector, and conclude by offering suggestions on how the process of applying research outputs and innovations in support of development goals can be improved.
Internationalization of Science and Diplomacy, Concepts and Practices: Lessons for Developing Countries
(Springer International Publishing, 2023) Carlos Aguirre-Bastos
The innovation–inclusion nexus in countries of Latin America: foresight for shaping new policy approaches
(Oxford University Press, 2024) Carlos Aguirre-Bastos; Isabel Bortagaray; Matthias Weber
Abstract Latin America improved poverty and inequity conditions in the past decades. Despite such progress and the adoption of new policies, inclusive development remains a major challenge. To attain inclusive development, it is crucial to advance toward renewed policies that explicitly include transformative innovation and close existing gaps in the innovation–inclusion nexus. Foresight promises to help bridge such gaps, but the practice of literature on addressing this role is scarce. For our analysis, we adopt a three-level conceptual and analytical framework, focusing on (1) the evolution of policies for inclusive development; (2) the evolution of research and innovation policy approaches to inclusive development; and (3) the extent to which foresight has been used in underpinning a more systemic policy approach. Using this framework, we examine the situation of four Latin American countries that adopted different approaches to innovation and inclusive development and discuss the potential of foresight to contribute to policies that effectively address the innovation–inclusion nexus.
The sustainability science approach in sub-Saharan Africa: key lessons from five case studies
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2025) Juliana Chaves-Chaparro; Carlos Aguirre-Bastos; José Andrés Domínguez Gómez
Abstract In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 sustainable development objectives (SDGs) with goals to be reached by 2030. However, as amply reported in the scientific and development literature, none of the goals are on track to be achieved globally. This is particularly true for sub-Saharan Africa. Under a complex socio-environmental context, it is argued that major transformations and new approaches demand a stronger science–policy–society interface. Given the dynamic, multi- and interdisciplinary nature of the research for and on SDGs, there is a broad consensus that sustainability science is one of the instrumental approaches to their implementation. Based on sociological grounds, and in a framework of innovation systems and knowledge production, this paper aims to analyze the main challenges of five sub-Saharan African countries regarding innovation and knowledge production within the sustainability science approach. Based on primary data arising from field interviews and focus groups, and combined with desk research and bibliometric studies, the paper presents differences and commonalities among the country studies. These are used toward the definition of a set of five principles to guide the uptake of the sustainable science approach in the subregion in the discussion section: fostering intra-regional cooperation; multi- and interdisciplinary research; involving other stakeholders and knowledge systems; reinforcing the science–policy interface; and the evaluation data and methods.