Ⅰ General Reports
Assessment and Prediction of Innovation Competitiveness, Status Quo and Suggestions for STI Cooperation Among BRICS Countries
1 Evaluation of the Innovation Competitiveness of BRICS Countries
1.1 The overall scores and analysis of the reasons for their changes
1.2 Analysis of the scores on level-2 indicators and the reasons for their changes
1.3 Analysis of the scores on level-3 indicators and the reasons for their changes
2 BRICS Comprehensive Innovation Index Evaluation System and Its Evaluation and Forecast
2.1 Evaluation of BRICS countries in five types of STI evaluation reports
2.2 Changes in rankings and scores
2.3 Forecast on the comprehensive innovation competitiveness of the BRICS countries
Appendix: Summary of Evaluation System of BRICS Countries’ Innovation Competitiveness and Comprehensive Innovation Competitiveness Indicators and Methods of Calculation for Evaluation and Forecast
A.1 Innovation competitiveness evaluation index system of the BRICS countries
A.2 Mathematical model for national comprehensive innovation competitiveness evaluation index
A.3 Method for predicting the national comprehensive innovation competitiveness evaluation index and justification
Science and Technology Priority Areas in BRICS+ Countries
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Analysis of S&T indicators for BRICS+ countries
3.1 Key indicators of S&T potential
3.2 Publications
3.3 Specialization indices
3.4 Collaboration
4 S&T capacity of BRICS+ countries by priority area
4.1 Common priorities as a basis for BRICS countries’ future S&T cooperation
4.2 Instruments for promotion of S&T cooperation
5 Conclusions
References
Annex
Ⅱ Special Reports
IIA BRICS Country Reports
Brazil’s National Innovation System: Its Evolution and Dynamics at the End of the Second Decade of the Millenium
1 Introduction
2 The idea of national system of innovation
3 The origins of the Brazilian system of innovation
4 The Brazilian system of innovation from the 1950s to the late 1970s
5 The Brazilian system of innovation since the 1980s
5.1 The policy dimension
5.2 The S&T infrastructure
5.3 The production structure
5.4 The social dimension: inequality and the Brazilian NSI
6 Challenges and opportunities for advancing STI policies in Brazil
7 Conclusions
References
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Ⅲ Annexes