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Catching Up in the 21st Century: Globalization, Knowledge and Capabilities in Latin America, a Case for Natural Resource Based Activities

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In this chapter, we reassess the nature of the catching up processes of developing countries, which has, in our view, changed substantially at both global and local level over the last decade. Catching up today can no longer be disentangled from the rapid internationalization of science and technology and the globalization of innovation, following the emergence of new digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the end of the last century. Those technologies have radically broadened the scope for international research collaboration and the international exchange of ideas. The importance of the new global communication opportunities on the one hand, and of digital access on the other, for traditional science and technology activities of researchers worldwide cannot be easily overestimated.

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  1. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico

    Gabriela Dutrénit (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

    Keun Lee (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Columbia University, USA

    Richard Nelson (Professor of International and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Global Development) (Professor of International and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Global Development)

  4. Columbia Earth Institute, USA

    Richard Nelson (Professor of International and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Global Development) (Professor of International and Public Affairs, Emeritus, Director of the Program on Science, Technology and Global Development)

  5. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico

    Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz (Professor) (Professor)

  6. Maastricht University, The Netherlands

    Luc Soete (Professor and Rector Magnificus) (Professor and Rector Magnificus)

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Iizuka, M., Soete, L. (2013). Catching Up in the 21st Century: Globalization, Knowledge and Capabilities in Latin America, a Case for Natural Resource Based Activities. In: Dutrénit, G., Lee, K., Nelson, R., Vera-Cruz, A.O., Soete, L. (eds) Learning, Capability Building and Innovation for Development. EADI Global Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137306937_13

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