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Transforming SA’s NSI for Accelerated and Shared Growth and Development

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

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Context • GEO-POLITICAL CONTEXT • SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT • CULTURAL CONTEXT • REGIONAL AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  5. 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

  6. Context • SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT • Segregation • Alienation • Disempowerment • Dispossession • Cheap Labour • Racial Capitalism • Dualities Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  7. Context • CULTURAL CONTEXT • Racism • Ethnic Nationalism • Fascism • Violence • Poverty • Between • Within • Alternative Culture • Commercial Media • Cinematography • Music • Art Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  8. Context • REGIONAL AND LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  9. 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

  10. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Labour Productivity Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  11. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Unit Labour Costs Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  12. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Knowledge and Technology Intensity of Manufactured Goods (Export Values) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  13. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Contribution to the Manufacturing Trade Balance Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  14. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Gross Fixed Capital Investment Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  15. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES • Stock of Inward Foreign Direct Investment (% GDP) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  16. 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

  17. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION • Sectoral shares of Value-added Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  18. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION • Manufacturing Shares of Value-added Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  19. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • Spatial Distribution Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  20. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment Participation Rate Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  21. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Unemployment Rate Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  22. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment Composition Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  23. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • EMPLOYMENT • Employment of Tertiary-Level Graduates Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  24. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SIZE OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM • GDP/Capita Growth Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  25. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • SIZE OF PRODUCTION SYSTEM • Traded Share of Economy Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  26. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • THE INFORMAL ECONOMY Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  27. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • INNOVATIVE EFFORT • Composition of Private Innovation Expenditures (2004) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  28. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • OCCURRENCE OF INNOVATIONS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  29. PRODUCTION & INNOVATION • IMPACT OF INNOVATIONS Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  30. 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

  31. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Human Resources in Society Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  32. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Education System Inputs (School Learner Enrolments) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  33. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Education System Outputs Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  34. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM • Education Resources (School Learners to Teachers) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  35. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Higher Education System Inputs (HEI Enrolments) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  36. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Higher Education System Output Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  37. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM • Foreign Student Population in Higher Education Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  38. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in Domestic R&D Expenditure Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  39. 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

  40. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • R&D by Type of Expenditure Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  41. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Public R&D Expenditures Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  42. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Business R&D Expenditures Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  43. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in R&D Personnel Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  44. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM • Trends in Researchers Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  45. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SYSTEM • Participation in Lifelong Learning Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  46. 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

  47. CAPACITY BUILDING, RESEARCH & TECHNICAL SERVICES • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY • Patents Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  48. POLICIES, REPRESENTATION & FINANCING • EXPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES • IMPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES • INNOVATION REGULATION • INNOVATION PROMOTION • INNOVATION FINANCING Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  49. POLICIES, REPRESENTATION & FINANCING • EXPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  50. POLICIES, REPRESENTATION & FINANCING • IMPLICIT INNOVATION POLICIES Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

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