Inclusive Growth – a case for social innovation
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Intermediaries for Inclusive Development – a case for social innovation
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Dr. Vaqar AhmedSustainable Development Policy Institute
IDRC Meeting in Jetwing Hotel, Sri Lanka 3rd Feburary, 2012
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• Revisiting actors in inclusive development
• Current state of inclusiveness
• Are universities pro-inclusive development?
• Constraints in strengthening university-development
nexus
• Social innovations and participatory development –
how universities can help?
Outline
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Regulators
Policy implementors
EntrepreneursAcademia
Civil Society
Traditional Actors in Inclusive Development
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Regulators
Civil service
Entrepreneurs
Academia
Civil Society
Traditional Actors in Inclusive Development
Working age population
Labor force
Employment
abroadPermanent
Returning
Employed
Modern Sector Employee /
Wage employee
Self Employment,Agricultural Subsistence,Informal SectorUnderemployed
Unemployed
Inactive population
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Approach to Inclusive Development
Takes account of demographic
trends
Looks into production
patterns
Facilitates employment
Makes growth pro-poor
Keeps growth sustained
Economic Growth Employment Generation Social Safety Nets Pro-poor growth
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Takes account of demographic
trends
Looks into production
patterns
Facilitates employment
Allows sustainability
Approach to Inclusive Development
Physical Capital
Human Capital
Social Capital
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Economic growth & job creation
Social inclusion & access to public
goodsSocial safety nets
Standard Inclusiveness Indicators
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• Inequality in education attainment (Barro & Lee
1997, 2000)
• Negative impact of education inequality on
economic growth (Birdsall & Londono 1997)
• Gender gaps in education (Zhang and Li 2002)
Are Universities Pro-Inclusive Development?
So who are the students who manage to reach universities?
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Priority to investment in Science & Technology
Promotion of Hi-Tech Industries
Emphasis on Value-added Agriculture
Self-reliance in Defense Manufacturing
Promotion of services sector
Transition from Agriculture to
Knowledge-Based economy
State and Reform of Universities in Pakistan
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• Increased access– 1947 – 2003: 135,000 university students– 2009: 400,000 university students
• Between 2000-2009 public sector universities doubled
• Women Participation In Higher Edn : 36.8% in 2002 to 46.2% in 2008
• 600% in publications and 1000% increase in citations over last 4 years
Results of Reforms in Higher Education
Did increased university graduation lead to greater innovation?
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Why innovations don’t sustain?
Binding constraints literature – Ricardo Haussmann
Rank out of 139 countries
Capacity for innovation
University-Industry
Collaboration
Utility patents/popula
tion
China 23 29 46Sri Lanka 50 73 77Philippines 95 83 68India 35 50 59Pakistan 51 69 89Bangladesh 121 127 90Nepal 129 129 90Source: Global Competitiveness Report 2012
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• Formal innovations require formal markets
– Lack of competitive markets , weak intellectual property
• Institutional barriers & Misuse of government incentives
– Special incentive regions
• Lack of cluster development
– Restrictive zoning in cities
• Missing venture capital industry
– Need for a legal framework
Constraints in linking Universities with Inclusive Development
How much do poor benefit from formal innovations?
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• Disaster management
• Waste management
• Farm to market channels
• Alternate energy
• Alternate dispute resolution and implementation
• Education - Khan Academy
Social Innovation & Inclusiveness
Can universities leverage these initiatives?
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• Understand historical evolution of the process of social innovation
• Understand factors behind social success stories
• Identify what kind of Institutional environment and policy mechanisms will help nurture social innovation
• Propose policy suggestions
Universities Communities
Policy practitioners
Entrepreneurs
Actors in Social Innovation – Goal Setting
Can universities leverage these initiatives?
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Phase-I
Contextual Analysis
Objectives, measures, outcomes
Profiling (Inputs/sectoral mapping)
Analytical Framework for Social Innovation
Markets for Social Innovation