Innovation Policy supplies the dynamism for inclusive development 333.0
In the immediately previous post on October 4, Inclusive development needs an innovation and entrepreneurship policy, I introduced a definition of inclusive development. I argued that the two solutions suggested by static analysis and equilibrating snapshot from macroeconomics – public-private partnership focused on infrastructure as target for investment and conditional cash transfer as safety net [...]
Inclusive development needs an innovation and entrepreneurship policy 332.0
The Aquino Administration ought to add entrepreneurship and innovation policy to its flagship programs to achieve inclusive development. To me, the two current flagship programs of public-private partnership focused on infrastructure and 4Ps through conditional cash transfers (CCT) as safety net for the poorest of the poor are necessary but not sufficient to achieve inclusive [...]
Hapinoy takes two international awards in a month 329.0
Hapinoy, the supply chain innovator for Nanay-owned sari-sari stores, led by Mark Ruiz and Bam Aquino brought new honors home. They took two awards in the space of one month – the first for women’s empowerment and the second for social entrepreneurship. Congratulations! The first award to Hapinoy on August 24 was given by Project [...]
Gloria Steinem shares lesson in change management over historical time 322.0
I am too young to know of Gloria Steinem, leader of the women’s movement in America, who was in the spotlight as fiery women’s leader in the late 60s and 70s. Yet watching her on Charlie Rose last night as they reminisced about the women’s movement and talked about its future, she taught me an [...]
SYNTHESiST will focus on innovations at the margin 321.0
I have not been actively posting on SYNTHESiST for three weeks though I have continuously “curated” articles about innovation, development and change and shared links at SYNTHESiST on Facebook every day. From the US, new books with new insights on innovation systems and development are coming few and far between. Most were published before the [...]
Pragmatism and Hamilton for a Third Way Activist Center to Development 316.0
A comment by David Brooks, the conservative Op-Ed columnist in the progressive New York Times, on Charlie Rose on the need for Americans to have a new look at their own political traditions particularly Alexander Hamilton to help resolve the crisis, inspired this short post. The Framer Hamilton’s concept of strong government as well as [...]
Pragmatism and Modern Industrial Policy to Refresh the Global Economy 315.0
Pragmatism and modern industrial policy were needed to bring America to its dominant position from the beginning of the 20th century until today notes Fareed Zakaria in the TIME article that I linked in the image below. Both need to be re-introduced into the present political debate possibly by centrists of both political Parties for [...]
Food Security Must Save from Hunger Errant E. coli and Toxic Additives 314.0
Food security is often focused more on production and distribution and less on food safety and quality. Yet recent experiences in Germany and in China and Taiwan highlight two types of risks to avoid to food security and safety. As design thinking, it is often more effective and efficient to design appropriate controls and contingencies [...]
Social Innovation in Campaign Finance to Boost the Art of Associating 313.0
Quietly, many groups are working for better political institutions like campaign finance and program-based political parties as social innovations in the Philippines. I attended a high-powered symposium yesterday – except for the absence of representatives from the key constituency of political parties – on Increasing Transparency in Campaign Finance. Symposiums like these are done to [...]
Industrial Development in the Philippines – Parable of the Toothpick 311.0
The bottle of imported bamboo toothpicks from China in the image at left tells a parable, a cautionary tale in fact, of how not to do industrial development. With a retail price of P12 per bottle and a wholesale price of 7.50 in a multi-purpose shaker dispenser, It has decimated the familiar hardwood-based Philippines toothpick [...]
Social Return Ought to Be the Basis for Light Train Fare Adjusments 310.0
The recent decision on fare adjustments for the light rail trains seem to me a wrongful application of financial accounting on what is essentially a social service beyond mere transport. Light trains especially provide other intangible but measurable social return to the community that ought to be considered in the fare adjustments and in structuring [...]
Industrial Policy Wears Many Guises in America from Alexander Hamilton 308.0
Industrial Policy has been equated with Socialism in America from the middle off the 20th century. As an epithet hurled at President Obama typically by tea party members, Socialism is taken today as a term of abuse. Industrial policy has become a cliché where mere mention is often followed by outright rejection. In today’s cluttered [...]
