Promoting alignment between innovation policy and inclusive development in South Africa
SOURCE: Development Southern Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Petersen, G.Kruss
KEYWORDS: INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
DEPARTMENT: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10454
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/12427
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/12427
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Petersen, G.Kruss
KEYWORDS: INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
DEPARTMENT: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10454
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/12427
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/12427
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Abstract
Innovation for inclusive development (IID) is widely promoted as a policy objective in the global South, but the challenge is that there is little design and implementation of context-appropriate instruments and incentives. One critical foundation is network alignment - that innovation policy should be aligned with the goals and strategies of government departments responsible for promoting inclusive development (Von Tunzelmann, N, 2007. Approaching network alignment. Draft Paper for the U-Know Consortium: Understanding the relationship between knowledge and competitiveness in the enlarging European Union). The paper contributes by using qualitative analysis software to analyse the nature of shared policy goals and instruments in South Africa, and assess how these can be aligned with each other and with the goals of IID. Three main spaces for policy intervention are identified, to promote IID in a way that goes beyond the aspirational and the rhetorical. Such analysis of formal policy does not take into account the political will, capabilities and resources for implementation, but it does provide a systematic evidence base to effect strategic change.-
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