| dc.creator | Tazvishaya Mugwagwa, Julius | |
| dc.date | 2014-09-05T22:54:52Z | |
| dc.date | 2014-09-05T22:54:52Z | |
| dc.date | 2011 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-19T21:05:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-04-19T21:05:05Z | |
| dc.identifier | Journal of Technology Management & Innovation 6(3): 2011, p. 31-47 | |
| dc.identifier | e0718-2724 | |
| dc.identifier | | |
| dc.identifier | http://repositorio.uahurtado.cl/handle/11242/2132 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1370959 | |
| dc.description | This paper is based on a study which investigated both existing and new regulatory responses to food emergencies and bigger challenges presented by modern gene-based biotechnologies. In particular, this paper looks at the challenge of cross-national cooperation in regulation of these technologies in southern Africa. One response to this challenge which has dominated policy agendas in the region for a long time, and with more prominence after the 2002-2003 food emergency, is that of harmonization of national biosafety regulatory systems. Harmonisation is touted by its promoters as one way in which countries can buttress weaker national and sub-national regulatory capacities, and develop synergies that will place them in a strong position to deal with the dynamic challenges presented by modern biotechnologies. The desire for cross-national cooperation in biotechnology management was investigated from the broader perspective of policy convergence, with harmonization being but one of the mechanisms towards the policy convergence. A number of factors facilitating or inhibiting policy convergence were identified, including but not limited to cultural, institutional, socio-economic and policy community attributes. The paper concludes that an understanding of these factors is crucial if grounded empirical and theoretical proposals on cross-national policy convergence are to be advanced | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Biotechnology | |
| dc.subject | Biosafety | |
| dc.subject | Harmonisation | |
| dc.subject | Policy convergence | |
| dc.subject | African Union | |
| dc.subject | SADC | |
| dc.subject | NEPAD | |
| dc.title | To Harmonize or Not to Harmonize? The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
