Stimulating Innovation

A global review of the innovation programmes in $2.8 trillion of economic stimulus When the history of the Great Recession is written, there will be at least a chapter about an innovation in public policy that developed during this period: innovation policy, itself. More than 40 governments around the world have announced economic recovery programmes– and most have included special support for innovation. This special report by the Science|Business news service documents the trend country-by-country, and analyses the policy implications globally.