Does South African research output promote innovation?

New organization to promote African health research.

A pan-African forum has been launched to promote health research for development in Africa. It will also strengthen the continent's voice in setting and implementing the global health research agenda. The African Health Research Forum (AfHR) was inaugurated in the presence of more than 700 health researchers attending the sixth annual conference of the Geneva-based Global November last year. Th...

Learning, Upgrading, and Innovation in the South African Automotive Industry

This paper addresses innovation activities of automotive component manufacturers in South Africa. It looks at the technological trajectory of a handful of firms that stand out from the crowd and analyses the results of their endeavours in the context of their interaction with foreign capital, their internal agenda in terms of upgrading and R&D, and South Africa’s national innovation system (NIS...

To what extent does South African mental health and substance abuse research address priority issues?

OBJECTIVE To investigate the extent to which South African mental health research addresses priority issues. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey of conference presentations. SETTING The most recent conferences of the following professional societies: the Epidemiological Society of Southern Africa, the Psychological Society of South Africa, the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa, and the Sou...

Strengthening research for health, innovation and development in South Africa

Does Aid-for-Trade from the North Promote South-South Trade?

Our empirical estimations indicate that aid-for-trade granted by OECD donors strengthens the trade relations of recipient countries with other developing countries. By focusing on South-South trade we mitigate endogeneity concerns that have plagued analyses of trade between recipients and donors of aid-for-trade.