(R) Additional Financing for the Unleashing Productive Innovation Project: The project development objective (PDO) is to expand Argentina’s capacity to generate productive innovation in knowledge-based areas by (i) facilitating the creation of new knowledge-based companies; (ii) developing specialized human capital; (iii) supporting productive research innovation projects and their commercialization in three priority technology areas (biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information and telecommunications); (iv) upgrading research infrastructure in the areas of science, technology and productive innovation; and (v) strengthening the policy framework governing science, technology, and productive innovation. Approval completed on 8 July 2016. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P159747. US$45.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.
