Jhon Smith
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Where does the problem lies in Pak for her failure to be innovative with 200 million people. countries with few million are light year ahead than to Pak.
Global innovation rankings
The innovation game
Sep 17th 2015, 12:50 BY L.S. & THE DATA TEAM
WHICH is the world’s most innovative country? Answering this question is the aim of the annual Global Innovation Index and a related report, which were published this morning by Cornell University, INSEAD, a business school, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The ranking of 140 countries and economies around the world, which are scored using 79 indicators, is not surprising: Switzerland, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands and America lead the pack. But the authors also look at their data from other angles, for instance how countries do relative to their economic development and the quality of innovation (measured by indicators such as university rankings). In both cases the results are more remarkable. The chart above shows that in innovation many countries in Africa punch above their economic weight. And the chart below indicates that, even though China is now churning out a lot of patents, it is still way behind America and other rich countries when it comes to innovation quality.
Read more: “Who's brains are draining?" and ”Innovation and religion”
Source= http://www.economist.com/blogs/grap...nkings?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/theinnovationgame
MORE religious countries tend to be less innovative, according to a paper published last month by America’s National Bureau of Economic Research. In “Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth”, Roland Benabou of Princeton and Davide Ticche and Andrea Vindigni of the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca find a strong negative correlation between innovation, as measured by patents, and religiosity, measured by the share of a population that self-identifies as religious. “I am interested in how people form beliefs that are relevant to economics,” says Mr Benabou. “That thought takes you to belief with a capital B, and that’s religion.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/05/daily-chart-3
Global innovation rankings
The innovation game
Sep 17th 2015, 12:50 BY L.S. & THE DATA TEAM
WHICH is the world’s most innovative country? Answering this question is the aim of the annual Global Innovation Index and a related report, which were published this morning by Cornell University, INSEAD, a business school, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The ranking of 140 countries and economies around the world, which are scored using 79 indicators, is not surprising: Switzerland, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands and America lead the pack. But the authors also look at their data from other angles, for instance how countries do relative to their economic development and the quality of innovation (measured by indicators such as university rankings). In both cases the results are more remarkable. The chart above shows that in innovation many countries in Africa punch above their economic weight. And the chart below indicates that, even though China is now churning out a lot of patents, it is still way behind America and other rich countries when it comes to innovation quality.
Read more: “Who's brains are draining?" and ”Innovation and religion”
Source= http://www.economist.com/blogs/grap...nkings?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/theinnovationgame
Money is not 5% of the failure, even Nigeria , Ethiopia like countries have high ranking in innovation when make comparison with Pak ... Religion might be much bigger factor than to Money --------> "About 97% of American scientists do not believe in God. US also does not impose certain religious belief on others. That's why US is not any out-layer in this broad consensus that religion does inhibit logical thinking and that's reflected in less innovation."'Innovation now a days is high tech. To do state-of-the-art R&D, you need money big time, and that's something we dont have in Pakistan. Secondly which is also an important thing, to create an environment among the students to emphasize on Innovation, that we also lack in Pakistan.
MORE religious countries tend to be less innovative, according to a paper published last month by America’s National Bureau of Economic Research. In “Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth”, Roland Benabou of Princeton and Davide Ticche and Andrea Vindigni of the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca find a strong negative correlation between innovation, as measured by patents, and religiosity, measured by the share of a population that self-identifies as religious. “I am interested in how people form beliefs that are relevant to economics,” says Mr Benabou. “That thought takes you to belief with a capital B, and that’s religion.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/05/daily-chart-3
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