What do complex adaptive systems look like and what are the implications for innovation policy?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-324

  Hall, Andy ^a   Clark, Norman ^b,c  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b African Technology Policy Studies Network   (Kenya)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; African cassava mosaic virus disease; Complex systems; Innovation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CASSAVA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; FARMING SYSTEM; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRAL DISEASE;

EASTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SOROTI; UGANDA;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 77950355176     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1690     Document Type: Article

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