Making Innovation Policy Work
Learning from Experimentation
This book explores emerging topics in innovation policy for more inclusive and sustainable growth, building on concrete examples. It develops the notion of experimental innovation policy – which integrates monitoring and feedback at the policy design stage, and occurs continuously to improve impact and implementation. This approach should help improve the quality and efficiency of public expenditures supporting innovation policy.
Experimental policy making is particularly important for new and emerging innovation domains, where the scope for learning and improvement is the greatest. To make the discussion as concrete and relevant as possible for practitioners and policy makers, three emerging domains of innovation policy are explored in greater detail: innovative entrepreneurship, green innovation, and pro-poor or base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) innovation.
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Fostering innovation for green growth: Learning from policy experimentation
This chapter explores the role that innovation can play in achieving a greener economy, with a focus on radical innovations that may help move from “business as usual” to a desirable green growth path. It reviews the role of different types of innovation for green growth, the rationale for innovation policies in a green growth strategy, and experience to date with policies that favour more radical green innovation. It concludes by making the case for mechanisms that facilitate the sharing of what works for green innovation.
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