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Improving the current innovation measurement approach to address inclusive development
Seminar on impact of innovation on inclusive development Godfrey Mashamba 27 March 2015
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Outline
• Some background • Current approach • Limitations and ongoing developments • Recommendations for further discussion
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Context
The National Development Plan DST’s Vision: “Increased well-being and prosperity through science, technology and innovation”
Strategic Oriented Goal: Knowledge utilisation for inclusive development How?... accelerate inclusive development through scientific knowledge, evidence and appropriate technology
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‘Inclusivity’
To include who? In what?
Who is excluded? From what?
• • • • • • In identifying opportunities/challenges In policy making processes In conceptualising solutions In implementing solutions In benefiting from the innovations In feeding back to the system (by understanding what is working; what is not working; and the ‘impact’)
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SET Human Capital
The NRDS framework of indicators
Quality of Life Wealth Creation Future R&D Capacity Technical Progress (Improvement and Innovation) Business Performance Imported Know-How Current R&D Capacity 5
Innovation measurement
o What is our understanding of innovation?
o o Innovation measurement using Oslo Manual: Innovation survey (business sector) o o Framework of indicators for the 2002 National R&D Strategy R&D statistics o o o o NACI/ASSAf process of assessing gaps in STI indicators: Innovation networks Social impact of innovation Innovation in the public sector
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Innovation measurement
• Positive experiences – There is more to this than just measurement - measurement helps us understand the magnitude, changes over time and how we compare to some benchmark; – It must help us learn.
• Limitations of innovation indicators – Experiences of working with the OECD, other organisations and countries – Gaps in measurement – Gaps in analysis – Gaps in use for policy
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Case studies
• To help us understand how the specific interventions contribute to certain outcomes – Results chain (input, output, outcomes) • A dashboard of KPIs can be easily constructed to be used as basis for case analysis: – Poverty – standard of living measures – Unemployment – employment creation; better employment – Inequality – income generating activities • How to increase the capacity for scientific and technological problem solving
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Enhancing existing measurement instruments
1950s & 1960s
R&D
1970s
R&D Patents TBoP
1980s
R&D Patents TBoP High-tech products and sectors Bibliometrics Human resources Innovation surveys
1990s to present
R&D Patents TBoP High-tech products and sectors Bibliometrics Human resources Innovation surveys Innovations mentioned in technical literature Surveys of production technologies Government support of industrial technology Intangible investment Indicators of ICTs Input-Output matrixes Productivity Venture capital Mergers and acquisitions
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Enhancing existing measurement instruments
• Existing studies do address the theme of inclusive development – we just need to do it more consciously • Learn from ongoing development, but make the tools relevant
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Presentation
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