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Adopción de innovación y tecnologías en Centroamérica

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Andrés Rodríguez-Clare

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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) A pesar de haber aplicado reformas estructurales de fondo en los últimos años, los países centroamericanos no han podido alcanzar un crecimiento vigoroso y estable. En este trabajo se trata de determinar si la falta de innovación y de adopción de tecnologías se puede considerar uno de los motivos principales de este decepcionante resultado y, de ser así, en qué medida. El trabajo comienza por documentar que la adopción de tecnologías e innovación es, de hecho, muy baja, y luego pasa a un análisis más cualitativo y ecléctico basado en entrevistas y estudios de casos específicos, para tratar de entender los motivos. Se analizan cuatro hipótesis: debilidad de los derechos de propiedad intelectual, escasa competencia, falta de financiamiento y bajos niveles de preparación. La conclusión a la que se llega es que las dos últimas de esas cuatro hipótesis pueden ser especialmente pertinentes para la región. El trabajo concluye con varias recomendaciones de políticas.

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Paper provided by Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department in its series RES Working Papers with number 4396.

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  1. William F. Maloney & Daniel Lederman, 2004. "R&D and Development," Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings 216, Econometric Society.
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