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Transforming SA’s NSI for Accelerated and Shared Growth and Development. Rasigan Maharajh Institute for Economic Research on Innovation National Innovation Panel Seminar 29 January 2010. Outline. Introduction Geo-political, Social, Political, Economic, Cultural & Local Context
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Transforming SA’s NSI for Accelerated and Shared Growth and Development Rasigan Maharajh Institute for Economic Research on Innovation National Innovation Panel Seminar 29 January 2010
Outline • Introduction • Geo-political, Social, Political, Economic, Cultural & Local Context • Production & Innovation • Capacity Building, Research & Technical Services • Policies, Representation & Financing • Innovation Demand • Conclusions Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
INTRODUCTION • Global Change • Financial Crisis • Environmental Calamity • Energy Matters • Food and Nutrition • Domestic Transition • Executive Reorganisation • Resurgence of Progressive Left • NLM (SD)+ CP + TU • Reconnecting with Africa • Institutional Transformation versus Structural re-Adjustment Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
Context • GEO-POLITICAL CONTEXT • SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT • CULTURAL CONTEXT • REGIONAL AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
Context • GEO-POLITICAL CONTEXT • National Liberation resulting from simultaneous: • Domestic • Un-governability • Military Over-extension • Crisis of Accumulation • International • Overt American & Soviet Withdrawal • Financial Sanctions • Global Solidarity Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
Context • SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT • Segregation • Alienation • Disempowerment • Dispossession • Cheap Labour • Racial Capitalism • Dualities Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
Context • CULTURAL CONTEXT • Racism • Ethnic Nationalism • Fascism • Violence • Poverty • Between • Within • Alternative Culture • Commercial Media • Cinematography • Music • Art Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
Context • REGIONAL AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Labour Productivity • Unit Labour Costs • Knowledge and Technology Intensity of Manufactured Goods • Contribution to the Manufacturing Trade Balance • Gross Fixed Capital Investment • Stock of Inward Foreign Direct Investment • Foreign Direct Investment Networks • SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION • Sectoral shares of Value-added • Manufacturing Shares of Value-added • SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment Participation Rate • Unemployment Rate • Employment Composition • Employment of Tertiary-Level Graduates • SIZE OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM • Value of Production to Population Ratio • Traded Share of Economy • THE INFORMAL ECONOMY • INNOVATIVE EFFORT • Innovation Expenditures • OCCURRENCE OF INNOVATIONS • IMPACT OF INNOVATIONS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Labour Productivity Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Unit Labour Costs Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Knowledge and Technology Intensity of Manufactured Goods (Export Values) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Contribution to the Manufacturing Trade Balance Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Gross Fixed Capital Investment Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Stock of Inward Foreign Direct Investment (% GDP) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Foreign Direct Investment Networks • South Africa’s Stock of FDI Assets by Region Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION • Sectoral shares of Value-added Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION • Manufacturing Shares of Value-added Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • Spatial Distribution Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment Participation Rate Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Unemployment Rate Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment Composition Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment of Tertiary-Level Graduates Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SIZE OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM • GDP/Capita Growth Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SIZE OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM • Traded Share of Economy Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • THE INFORMAL ECONOMY Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • INNOVATIVE EFFORT • Composition of Private Innovation Expenditures (2004) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • OCCURRENCE OF INNOVATIONS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • IMPACT OF INNOVATIONS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Human Resources in Society • Education System Inputs • Education System Outputs • Education Resources • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Higher Education System Inputs • Higher Education System Output • Foreign Student Population in Higher Education • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in Domestic R&D Expenditure • R&D Financing and Performance • R&D by type of Expenditure • Public R&D Expenditures • Business R&D Expenditures • Trends in R&D Personnel • Trends in Researchers • TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SYSTEM • Participation in Lifelong Learning • METROLOGY • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY • Patents Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Human Resources in Society Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Education System Inputs (School Learner Enrolments) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Education System Outputs Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Education Resources (School Learners to Teachers) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Higher Education System Inputs (HEI Enrolments) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Higher Education System Output Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Foreign Student Population in Higher Education Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in Domestic R&D Expenditure Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • R&D Financing and Performance (Share by Source of Finance) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • R&D by Type of Expenditure Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Public R&D Expenditures Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Business R&D Expenditures Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in R&D Personnel Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in Researchers Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SYSTEM • Participation in Lifelong Learning Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • METROLOGY • National Metrology Institute of South Africa • maintenance, traceability and dissemination of national standards. • South African Bureau of Standards • Promotion and maintenance of standardization and quality in connection with commodities and the rendering of services • Publishes national standards that it prepares through a consensus process in technical committees • provides information on national standards of all countries as well as international standards • Tests and certifies products and services to standards • Develops technical regulations (compulsory specifications) based on national standards, monitors and enforces compliance with such technical regulations • Monitors and enforces legal metrology legislation • Promotes design excellence and • Provides training on aspects of standardisation Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY • Patents Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
POLICIES, REPRESENTATION & FINANCING • EXPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES • IMPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES • INNOVATION REGULATION • INNOVATION PROMOTION • INNOVATION FINANCING Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
POLICIES, REPRESENTATION & FINANCING • EXPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES Institute for Economic Research on Innovation
POLICIES, REPRESENTATION & FINANCING • IMPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES Institute for Economic Research on Innovation