While economic growth is important to support inclusiveness and sustainability, the evidence shows that growth does not necessarily imply both objectives will be realized. Innovation offers many of the solutions to address inclusiveness and sustainability challenges, as highlighted in the TIP Systems Innovation and Transformation project and the CSTP's Innovation for Inclusive Growth project.
To what extent is inclusive and sustainable growth part of national innovation policy agendas?
This question needs to be set in a context of fundamental ongoing socio-economic transformations and involves multiple dimensions, regarding respectively the internal working of the science and innovation system (how inclusive is it?), its impact on social, economic and geographic inclusiveness, and the environmental dimension.
The 2019-20 TIP project on "Innovation policies for sustainable and inclusive growth" proposes to focus on how innovation policies could support inclusive and sustainable growth.
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