A set of four research papers outline how development funders can avoid their innovation prizes from flopping.
The papers, published on 8 May, show how poorly designed innovation prizes have failed to deliver big development impacts. One paper, a guide to improving innovation prizes in developing nations, notes that some prizes fail to lead to any tangible benefits because the beneficiaries are unable to use the innovation.
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