TY - BOOK ED - United Nations. ED - African Union. ED - African Development Bank Group. TI - Innovation, competitiveness and regional integration T2 - Assessing regional integration in Africa SN - 9789212250656 AV - E.16.ll.K.1 U1 - 337.16 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Addis Ababa PB - Economic Commission for Africa KW - African cooperation KW - Regionalism KW - Africa KW - Economics KW - Business and politics KW - International economic integration KW - Economic integration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 121); Introduction -- Status of regional integration in Africa -- Regional integration, innovation and competitiveness: a theoretical framework and empirical highlights -- Innovation and the global regulatory regime for intellectual property -- Africa's science, technology and innovation policies - national, regional and continental -- Lessons from India and Association of southeast Asian nations N2 - "Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) VII examines how the three elements of regional integration, innovation and competitiveness are interlinked. It explores the prospects for harnessing them within the framework of Africa's normative regional integration development model oriented to foster structural change. The report aims to shed light on innovation and competitiveness in the broader context of development policy and strategy in Africa."--Publisher's description ER -