Focus

• Potential of emerging economies to develop productive and innovation capabilities in the context of sustainable energy sources
• Opportunities for productive inclusion in the production process.

Highlights of Activities 2010

• Brazil: Policy brief and working paper on an assessment of Brazil’s biodiesel policy including its focus on promoting (productive) social inclusion of small family farmers in the biodiesel value-chain. [See recent publications by Clovis Zapata et. al.]
• India and China (forthcoming): Study to assess the development of productive and innovation capabilities in sustainable energy that help to meet climate change imperatives and address energy deficits and job creation.