| dc.creator | Mugwagwa, Julius Tazvishaya | |
| dc.date | 2011-03-15 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/art205 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.4067/S0718-27242011000300003 | |
| 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. | en-US |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado | en-US |
| dc.relation | https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/art205/637 | |
| dc.rights | Copyright (c) 2011 Journal of Technology Management & Innovation | en-US |
| dc.rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 | en-US |
| dc.source | Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol. 6 No. 3 (2011); 31-47 | en-US |
| dc.source | Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol. 6 Núm. 3 (2011); 31-47 | es-ES |
| dc.source | 0718-2724 | |
| dc.subject | biotechnology | en-US |
| dc.subject | biosafety | en-US |
| dc.subject | harmonisation | en-US |
| dc.subject | policy convergence | en-US |
| dc.subject | African Union | en-US |
| dc.subject | SADC | en-US |
| dc.subject | NEPAD | en-US |
| dc.title | To Harmonize or Not to Harmonize? The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa | en-US |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
| dc.type | Artículo revisado por pares | en-US |
