Maureen Mackintosh is Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the International Development Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University, UK.Joanna Chataway is Professor in Development Policy and Practice, Faculty of Technology at The Open University, UK.  She is part of the senior management team at Innogen - the ESRC centre for for social and economic research on innovation in genomics.Marc Wuyts is Professor of Quantitative Applied Economics at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• 1. Promoting Innovation, Productivity and Industrial, Growth and Reducing Poverty: Bridging the Policy Gap – Introduction 2. Transformative Social Policy and Innovation in Developing Countries 3. Which Growth Theory is Good for the Poor? 4. The Gap between Successful Innovation and Access to its Benefits: Indian Pharmaceuticals 5. Diffusion of Medical Technology and Equity in Health in Brazil: an Exploratory Analysis 6. Competitive and Organisational Constraints on Innovation, Investment and Quality of Care in a Liberalised Low-Income Health System: Evidence from Tanzania 7. The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in a Changing Landscape of Vaccine Development: in a Changing Landscape of Vaccine Development (Iavi) 8. A Public/Private Partnership as Knowledge Broker and Integrator 9. Competitive Selection and Technological Capabilities in Ethiopian Manufacturing 10. Banking on Rural Innovation for Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Value-Chain Lending in Mozambique 11. Industry Associations and Technology-Based Growth in India

Maureen Mackintosh is Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the International Development Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University, UK.Joanna Chataway is Professor in Development Policy and Practice, Faculty of Technology at The Open University, UK.  She is part of the senior management team at Innogen - the ESRC centre for for social and economic research on innovation in genomics.Marc Wuyts is Professor of Quantitative Applied Economics at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• 1. Promoting Innovation, Productivity and Industrial, Growth and Reducing Poverty: Bridging the Policy Gap – Introduction 2. Transformative Social Policy and Innovation in Developing Countries 3. Which Growth Theory is Good for the Poor? 4. The Gap between Successful Innovation and Access to its Benefits: Indian Pharmaceuticals 5. Diffusion of Medical Technology and Equity in Health in Brazil: an Exploratory Analysis 6. Competitive and Organisational Constraints on Innovation, Investment and Quality of Care in a Liberalised Low-Income Health System: Evidence from Tanzania 7. The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in a Changing Landscape of Vaccine Development: in a Changing Landscape of Vaccine Development (Iavi) 8. A Public/Private Partnership as Knowledge Broker and Integrator 9. Competitive Selection and Technological Capabilities in Ethiopian Manufacturing 10. Banking on Rural Innovation for Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Value-Chain Lending in Mozambique 11. Industry Associations and Technology-Based Growth in India