To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa

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...

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Autor principal:	Mugwagwa,Julius
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2011
Materias:	African Union SADC NEPAD biotechnology biosafety harmonisation policy convergence
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420110003000032011-12-28To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern AfricaMugwagwa,Julius African Union SADC NEPAD biotechnology biosafety harmonisation policy convergence 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 harmonisation 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.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.6 n.3 20112011-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242011000300003en10.4067/S0718-27242011000300003
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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 harmonisation 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.
author	Mugwagwa,Julius
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title	To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa
title_short	To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa
title_full	To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa
title_fullStr	To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa
title_full_unstemmed	To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa
title_sort	to harmonise or not to harmonise?: the case of cross-national biotechnology governance in southern africa
publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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To Harmonise or Not to Harmonise?: The Case of Cross-national Biotechnology Governance in Southern Africa

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