Trade and Innovation

Trade plays key roles in fostering innovation, both as a conduit for the diffusion of global technology and knowhow that facilitates innovation in developing nations and by giving innovative companies access to large global markets through which they can recoup their upfront investments in R&D and generate revenues to finance future generations of innovation. GTIPA-member reports here examine trade-innovation linkages.

The Big Shakeup: Making Sense of the OECD Digital Tax Proposals

New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) proposals on digital taxation would mean a substantial overhaul of Canadian tax rules if they are brought into effect, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

C.D. Howe Institute Tue, 11/12/2019

The Enterprise Automation Imperative—Why Modern Societies Will Need All the Productivity They Can Get

Contrary to common belief, enterprise automation is not a cause for alarm, but instead a societal imperative. Modern nations will need all the productivity they can get to address today’s ever-more-resource-constrained challenges.

Information Technology and Innovation FoundationTue, 11/12/2019

Automation and Future of Garment Sector Jobs: A Case Study of India

Based on secondary data analysis and key informant interviews this paper examines the technical and economic feasibility of automation in the Indian garment sector and its likely impact on jobs.

ICRIERSun, 09/01/2019

The impact of digitalization in Spain

The digital revolution is transforming the economy global and the way the society lives, works, and relates. The result of the econometric models developed for this study suggests that increases in digitalization augments real GDP growth per capita, in line with the provisions of the economic literature.

DigitalesTue, 07/16/2019

PIDS Annual Report 2018: Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has released its annual report for 2018 detailing its accomplishments in research, policy recommendation, and collaboration in numerous fields effecting economic outcomes.

The Philippine Institute for Development StudiesWed, 07/10/2019

The Bay Area-Silicon Valley and India: Convergence and Alignment in the Innovation Age

New areas of partnership between India and the US—and particularly India and the Bay Area-Silicon Valley— are emerging as India’s economy is rapidly digitizing.

The Bay Area Council Economic InstituteMon, 07/08/2019

Hemispheric Partners: Trade, Technology, and Innovation Ties Between the Bay Area and Canada

This report provides a snapshot of the Canadian economy and outlines the broad alignment of shared interests and values between Canada and the US, California, and the Bay Area.

The Bay Area Council Economic InstituteMon, 04/01/2019

Developing, piloting and standardising on-tax financing for residential energy efficiency retrofits in European cities and regions (EuroPACE)

EuroPACE will develop a scalable on-tax financing mechanism to unlock the h

Center for Social and Economic Research Fri, 03/01/2019

Promoting women’s entrepreneurship – What did the programme accomplish?

In 2007, the Government commissioned what was then known as Nutek (Swedish

Swedish Agency for Growth Policy AnalysisMon, 02/25/2019

Event Report – Ports Solutions Forum: Finding the Balance Between Trade Facilitation and Revenue Mobilisation.

In recent years (specifically in the past decade), efforts to increase effi

IMANI Center for Policy & EducationSat, 01/26/2019

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