The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda
The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda begins with an evidence-based technology approach, focusing on biotechnology applications in primary production, health, and industry. It describes the current status of biotechnologies and, using quantitative analyses of data on development pipelines and R&D expenditures from private and public databases, it estimates biotechnological developments to 2015. Moving to a broader institutional view, it also looks at the roles of R&D funding, human resources, intellectual property, and regulation in the bioeconomy, as well as at possible developments that could influence emerging business models. Fictional scenarios to 2030 are included to encourage readers to reflect on the interplay between policy choices and technological advances in shaping the bioeconomy. Finally, the book explores policy options to support the social, environmental and economic benefits of a bioeconomy.
The International Futures Programme (IFP) of the OECD undertook The Bioeconomy to 2030 project with the support of other interested OECD directorates, OECD Government Ministries, and outside partners. A number of documents prepared within the context of “The Bioeconomy to 2030” project, including scenarios and analytical reports covering business models, ethics, intellectual property, and regulation. READ MORE and Download documents
