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dc.titleSpurring Innovation-led Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean through Public Procurement
dc.contributor.authorUyarra, Elvira
dc.contributor.authorMoñux, Diego
dc.contributor.authorLi, Yanchao
dc.contributor.authorEsteban, Adrián
dc.contributor.authorRigby, John
dc.contributor.authorOspina, María José
dc.contributor.authorEdler, Jakob
dc.contributor.editorMoñux, Diego
dc.contributor.editorUyarra, Elvira
dc.contributor.orgunitCompetitiveness and Innovation Division
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2016-11-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2016-11-29T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractPublic procurement accounts for a significant proportion of overall demand for goods and services. Thus, it could be a useful tool for fostering innovation and economic growth. While interest in the use of public procurement as industrial policy is not new, its potential to spur demand for innovative products and services, create incentives for business innovation, and accelerate the diffusion of new technologies has received much policy attention in recent years. The aim of this study is to advance knowledge on the role of public procurement as a demand-side policy instrument in stimulating firm innovation in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. In LAC countries, public procurement systems account for 20 percent of GDP, which suggests a considerable untapped potential to use public procurement for innovation (PPI) to strengthen their economic position and improve public service provision. The report first reviews the evidence on the implementation and impact of instruments and structures introduced to support PPI in selected developed countries (the United States, the European Union, Estonia, Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, China, and the supranational case of EU procurement policy), identifying useful policy lessons for LAC countries. It then focuses on emerging innovation friendly procurement practices introduced in three selected LAC countries: Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. These countries offer a diverse picture in terms of the institutional path they have followed for the development of public policy for innovation/pre-commercial procurement (PPI-PCP) policies as well as important differences in the level of development of their innovation systems.
dc.format.extent260
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0007026
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Spurring-Innovation-led-Growth-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-through-Public-Procurement.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectInnovation Policy
dc.subjectInvestment Policy
dc.subjectIndustrial Policy
dc.subjectPublic Service
dc.subjectPublic Procurement
dc.subjectResearch and Development
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectGovernance
dc.subjectInformation and Communication Technology
dc.subjectBusiness Innovation
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectBest Practices
dc.subjectEconomic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeO25 - Industrial Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeO38 - Government Policy
dc.subject.keywordsLatin America and Caribbean countries;innovation;demand side innovation policy;public procurement;public policy
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberDiscussion Papers
idb.operationBK-A1631
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