CISASIA final technical report

Innovation in poor countries occurs mostly in informal settings and is less dependent on formal firms or research and development (R&D) programs. Despite this, innovation studies have paid scant attention to informal settings and the informal economy. The project responds to these challenges by developing a new conceptual framework known as “city innovation system” (CIS) for understanding the reasons and drivers of innovation and innovative capacity in cities. At the city level, research teams in Thailand and Malaysia were particularly successfully in establishing links with local governments and key policy makers. Research outputs, policy briefs and articles are listed