{"id":82065,"date":"2016-04-27T10:09:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T15:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=82065"},"modified":"2017-04-07T19:33:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:33:25","slug":"snapshot-innovative-caribbean-countries-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2016\/04\/snapshot-innovative-caribbean-countries-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: how innovative were Caribbean countries in 2015?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An examination of the 2015 Global Innovation Index and how the Caribbean countries included in that exercise performed.<\/em>
\nQuite regularly, concern has been expressed in a variety of quarters about what is perceived as the lack of innovation across the Caribbean, and the need for it to be improved.\u00a0 Last year, collaboration between INSEAD, Cornell University and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and their knowledge partners resulted in the release of the Global Innovation Index 2015: Effective Innovation Policies for Development<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Global Innovation Index is published every other year and currently is in its eighth edition. It aims to determine the level of innovation worldwide by examining factors that contribute to innovation. Here we examine the performance of the five Caribbean\/Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries included in the exercise.<\/p>\n

How innovation is measured<\/h3>\n

To measure innovation worldwide, 79 individual indicators are assessed across seven main pillars and 21 sub-pillars, as shown in Figure 1.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: Framework of the Global Innovation Index 2015 (Source: INSEAD et al.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Through the data collected, it is possible to determine:<\/p>\n