A UK network of seven manufacturing R&D centres run on a one-third public / one-third commercial / one-third collaborative-R&D funding model, credited …
Coventry, United Kingdom
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 50%67/100
Argentina's RAICES network has repatriated over 1,000 scientists since 2003 under a dedicated law, and its December-2020 relaunch brought back 79 more …
Uzbekistan legally mandated open government data in 2015 and put its State Statistics Committee in charge in 2019. Independent Kun.uz reporting found …
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 50%67/100
Founded in 2004, São Tomé's 3,000-farmer CECAB cooperative lifted organic cocoa output 40% in 2021 and opened a €450,000, AfDB-backed chocolate factory …
São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 50%67/100
Denmark's national digitalisation-voucher and advisory scheme has backed over 7,000 SME projects since 2018 through the country's regional business hubs; a March …
Since 2004, France's ANRU has invested over €45 billion demolishing, rebuilding and redesigning housing in hundreds of deprived neighbourhoods, while the state …
Paris, France
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 50%67/100
Since 2016, Knowle West Media Centre has run the Bristol Approach to Citizen Sensing, an EU Horizon 2020-funded (REPLICATE project) methodology letting …
Since 2011, Chile's CORFO has funded a national network of university Technology Transfer & Licensing Offices, producing 219 documented cases. Independent MinCiencia/OECD …
Since 1990, TecMinho — University of Minho's private not-for-profit interface body — has brokered 618 industry R&D contracts, filed 358 patent applications …
India's Rs945-crore Startup India Seed Fund Scheme channels early-stage grants through ~300 accredited incubators; by December 2024 it had supported over 2,600 …
Puebla's state competitiveness agency subsidized 70-90% of a year of management consulting for small firms; a randomized trial found productivity and returns …
Puebla, Mexico
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 50%67/100
In 2008, Hanoi University of Science and Technology founded BK-Holdings, one of Vietnam's first university-run tech-transfer companies. It links 25 institutes and …
Hanoi, Vietnam
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 50%67/100
A six-year, $12.8m EU-funded programme trained 5,350 young Gambians and backed 4,600 with entrepreneurship advice, mini-grants and market access, generating an estimated …
A randomised trial of 159 Colombian auto-parts SME suppliers, mostly around Bogotá, tested individual versus group business consulting. Both lifted management scores …
Bogotá, Colombia
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 50%67/100
A national network of 16 university-hosted Technology Stations transfers applied engineering know-how to SMEs; one station alone serves 125+ SMMEs and 500+ …
Pakistan's Higher Education Commission has mandated university ORIC offices since the early 2010s, growing to 71 offices and 197 licensing agreements by …
Islamabad, Pakistan
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 50%67/100
A government seed-financing and incubation facility has capacitated 27 local support organisations and incubated 150 enterprises (92 women-led, 111 youth-led), with 138 …
Bahrain's Labour Fund (Tamkeen) has backed 13,659 companies with BHD 193m since 2009 via its Business Development Programme, plus wage/training support that …
Evolved from the 2003 CEI-RD into ProDominicana in 2017, the agency coordinates Dominican trade/investment promotion; exports hit a record $15.9bn in 2025 …