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18/09/2017 Transformational Economic Change Complexity, economic evolution, and institutions Marcus Jenal, Mesopartner mj@mesopartner.com The RSA House, London, 15 September 2017 Smoking of ADS Production of Domestic Tapping of
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Complexity, economic evolution, and institutions Marcus Jenal, Mesopartner mj@mesopartner.com The RSA House, London, 15 September 2017
Tapping of rubber Domestic manufacturing
Production of air-dried rubber sheets (ADS) Aggregation of ADS Smoking of ADS to produce ribbed smoked sheets (RSS) Sorting, grading, packing or RSS
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Tapping of rubber Production of air-dried rubber sheets (ADS) Aggregation of ADS Smoking of ADS to produce ribbed smoked sheets (RSS) Sorting, grading, packing or RSS Domestic manufacturing
Little or no access to input, technical and business services and advice Production technology antiquated with no incentive to upgrade Cheating on both sides when grading ADS Grading of RSS done visually, not linked to national or international standards Research in Myanmar is lagging behind The public extension service only minimal outreach Information flows predominantly informal and seldom reach small farmers Tapping of rubber Production of air-dried rubber sheets (ADS) Aggregation of ADS Smoking of ADS to produce ribbed smoked sheets (RSS) Sorting, grading, packing or RSS Domestic manufacturing
Little or no access to input, technical and business services and advice Production technology antiquated with no incentive to upgrade Cheating on both sides when grading ADS Grading of RSS done visually, not linked to national or international standards Research in Myanmar is lagging behind The public extension service only minimal outreach Information flows predominantly informal and seldom reach small farmers
machine as a economy
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Tapping of rubber Production of air-dried rubber sheets (ADS) Aggregation of ADS Smoking of ADS to produce ribbed smoked sheets (RSS) Sorting, grading, packing or RSS Domestic manufacturing
Little or no access to input, technical and business services and advice Production technology antiquated with no incentive to upgrade Cheating on both sides when grading ADS Grading of RSS done visually, not linked to national or international standards Research in Myanmar is lagging behind The public extension service only minimal outreach Information flows predominantly informal and seldom reach small farmers
as a complex economy adaptive system
Network image source : CC autofunk.dk
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Economic Technologies melding physical and social technologies together under a business or organisational strategy Physical Technologies methods and processes for transforming matter, energy and information from one state into another Social Technologies methods, designs and arrangements for organising people
Beinhocker, Eric D. The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2006.
Meso
Targeted interventions to address temporary and persistent patterns of underperformance
Macro
Economic framework conditions
Meta
Societal framework conditions, guiding decisions about fundamental economic alternatives
Micro
Allocation through markets, hierarchies & networks
Esser, Klaus, Wolfgang Hillebrand, Dirk Messner, and Jörg Meyer-Stamer. Systemic Competitiveness: New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development. London: Frank Cass, 1996.
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Physical technologies Example: Use design thinking and participatory research to develop new smoke house technologies and improve rubber
Social technologies Example: Develop capabilities of actors to come together and identify problems and potential solutions in the sector
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Social technologies/meta level Example: Strengthen the participation of women and other marginalised groups like migrants in the development dialogue
Meso level Example: Connect research and teaching with rubber sector demand by immerging students into small rubber farming
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Meso level Example: Invest in generation of new knowledge and strengthening
Meso level Example: Strengthen the capability of extension research and training providers to respond to changing needs of farmers
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happens, and their role in it
collectively discover and continuously shape economic evolution
means essential
participatory
Jenal and Shawn Cunningham. https://beamexchange.org/resources/861/
http://amzn.eu/8w5fIad
By Klaus Esser et al. http://amzn.eu/3E3SFb3
Move toward Greater Economic Inclusion. By Harvey Koh, et al. http://www.fsg.org/publications/shaping-inclusive-markets