Innovating Under Duress: Implications of the Global Innovation Index for Sri Lanka

• by Nalaka Gunawardene
• - on 11/01/2013 

• Science writer Nalaka Gunawardene in conversation with Dr Ajith de Alwis, engineer and public intellectual
  Sri Lanka was ranked at No 98 among 142 countries worldwide in the
  
  Global Innovation Index 2013 (GII 2013) released in July. The ranking in 2012 was 94.
  GII 2013 looks at 142 economies around the world, using 84 indicators including the quality of top universities, research spending, availability of microfinance and venture capital deals. It gauges both innovation capabilities and measurable results, and also places them in a broader socio-political context.

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