Marialisa motta biography
Marialisa motta biography wife!
Innovating for Growth in Latin America
As Latin America adapts to the downturn in commodity prices, policymakers are turning to the surest path to sustainable, lasting growth: innovation.
“When businesses innovate, productivity increases and economies become more competitive,” says Marialisa Motta, manager of the Trade and Competitiveness practice in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Many Latin American countries have policies to encourage innovation, but most are less efficient or effective than they could be.
Marialisa motta biography
The World Bank Group is helping governments take stock of their programs and improve them.
The goal, says Senior Private Sector Specialist Alberto Criscuolo, is to see “what is the bang for the buck? Is the public expenditure on innovation consistent with the policy priorities on innovation?
How effective are the programs on innovation? Are there overlaps between agencies and ministries? What can we learn from the implementation of existing programs?” These reviews of scien