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Introduction -- Institutions and technology in African development -- Learning knowledge and skills in small and medium enterprises : a theoretical review -- Learning knowledge and skills in industry : empirical exploration -- Inter-organizational collaboration in systems of innovation -- Infrastructure and industry -- Institutions supporting SMEs in industry -- Cluster and institutions supporting clustering -- Conclusions and policy suggestions

Asia's Industrial Progress and Africa's Reversal of Fortune -- Export Diversification in Resource and Non-Resource Rich Asian and African Countries -- Oil Dependence and Structural Stability -- Export Market Diversification in Asia and Africa -- Technology Capability and Export Diversification -- Export Diversification Governance Institutions and Policies -- Summary and Conclusion.

This book highlights the use of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures in order to develop smart cities and produce smart economies in Africa. It discusses a robust set of concepts, including smart planning, smart infrastructure development, smart economic development, smart environmental sustainability, smart social development, resilience, and smart peace and security in several African cities. By drawing on the accumulated knowledge on various conditions that make cities smart, green, livable and healthy, it helps in the planning, design and management of African urbanization. In turn, it fosters the development of e-commerce, e-education, e-governance, etc. The rapid development of ICT infrastructures facilitates the creation of smart economies in digitally served cities and towns through smart urban planning, smart infrastructures, smart land tenure and smart urban policies. In the long term, this can reduce emissions of CO2, promote the creation of low carbon cities, reduce land degradation and promote biodiversity.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Structural transformation in developing countries -- Employment -- Productivity growth -- Urbanization -- Industrialization -- Poverty -- Role of the state and policy -- Index

part PART I Introduction -- chapter 1 Innovation, knowledge and technology in late development -- part PART II Framework for knowledge in late development -- chapter 2 The generation and growth of knowledge in late development -- chapter 3 Technological capability and development -- chapter 4 Innovation, institutions and the role of policy -- chapter 5 Advanced knowledge infrastructure for economic development -- part Part III: States and innovation capacity -- chapter 6 India and China within global reach? -- chapter 7 Systemic collaboration and state support: Evidence from South Africa and Malaysia -- chapter 8 Rough road to the market: Constrained innovation and entrepreneurship in Nigeria, Ghana and Bangladesh -- part PART IV Findings and recommendations -- chapter 9 Conclusions and policy suggestions.

Introduction Agricultural Biotechnology and Innovation Capacity in Late Development Catching Up in Biotechnology in Malaysia Vietnam's Biotechnology: Building Local Capacity Through State Vision Nigeria as a Lagging Follower in Biotechnology Tanzania's Incipient Innovation Capacity in Biotechnology Comparative Analysis of Innovation Capacity in Latecomer Countries Conclusions and Policy Insights