Comparing frugality and inclusion in innovation for development: logic, process and outcome

Onsongo, Elsie; Knorringa, Peter

doi:10.1080/2157930x.2020.1811931

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“…Various concepts have been coined to describe different models of innovation with the potential to improve the well-being and freedom of marginalized communities [24]. Although these concepts have many overlaps, they do have significant theoretical differences that will be addressed in this section.…”

Section: Conceptual Foundation 21 Pro-poor Innovations and Derived Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another group of terms clarifies the inclusive and socially responsible objective of these types of innovation. Inclusive innovation generally designates initiatives focused on marginalized communities and impacts their livelihoods [24]. The most ambiguous concept in literature, often with multiple definitions, is that of social innovation.…”

Section: Conceptual Foundation 21 Pro-poor Innovations and Derived Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of inclusion; products and services derived from this innovation make it possible to eliminate barriers that limit the participation of specific groups in society [24] Social innovation…”

Section: Inclusive Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pro-Poor Innovations to Promote Instrumental Freedoms: A Systematic Literature Review

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2021

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Through a systematic literature review, this article aims to evaluate the impacts of various concepts of pro-poor innovations (PPI) on the five instrumental freedoms in Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach. For this, 165 articles were analysed to summarize the main influences of the pro-poor innovation on each type of instrumental freedom: political freedoms, economic facilities, transparency guarantees, social opportunities, and protective security. In general, the results indicate a positive influence of the innovation concepts for distinct types of freedom, with emphasis on the expansion of social opportunities and economic facilities.

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Section: Conceptual Foundation 21 Pro-poor Innovations and Derived Conceptsmentioning

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Pro-Poor Innovations to Promote Instrumental Freedoms: A Systematic Literature Review

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Silva

2021

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“…This can happen by topping up the credit on their mobile phones, which they can use for money transfers, thanks to MPesa-type payment systems [4]. This is a typical frugal innovation, using a combination of existing technologies in an intelligent way [5]. This was possible because most farmers in Africa now have mobile phones.…”

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Crop Insurance, a Frugal Innovation in Tanzania, Helps Small Maize Farmers and Contributes to an Emerging Land Market

Dijk

2022

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A land market is emerging in Tanzania, triggered by initiatives to reform land legislation and modernize agriculture through frugal innovations, combining hybrid seeds and weather-based index insurance with the use of mobile telephones. The analysis shows that agricultural modernization can be a driver for an emerging land market. Demand for land increases and because of the liberalization of land rights, land can be bought or leased, something the more successful farmers do. To assess the effects of crop insurance for maize farmers, a frugal innovation, a survey has been carried out in three regions. Two hundred farmers were interviewed using cluster sampling with the villages as sampling units and then selecting households per village. The rural transformation process, driven by innovation, started with the development of an ecosystem and land registration while allowing more private (commercial and non-commercial) initiatives. The triggers are frugal innovations. Crop insurance, combining existing hybrid seeds, with satellite images and mobile telephones, brings about a transformation process and pumps money into the land system. People noticing that hybrid maize works, if you have hybrid seeds, the complementary inputs, and an insurance policy, jump on the band wagon, which leads to more demand for land and contributes to an emerging land market.

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“…InIn is the first conceptual pillar in this research. It is a promising concept, although it has been considered a fuzzy research field by several scholars (Onsongo & Knorringa, 2020;Chataway, Hanlin, & Kaplinsky, 2014;Opola, Klerkx, Leeuwis, & Kilelu, 2020;Patiño-Valencia, Villalba-Morales, Acosta-Amaya, Villegas-Arboleda, & Calderón-Sanín, 2020). Examples of this fuzzy situation include the broad set of possible definitions of this concept (See Table 1) and its lack of neutrality (Papaioannou, 2014) regarding its association with the approaches to development.…”

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Navigating inclusive innovation : the role of institutional entrepreneurs in inclusive innovation initiatives

Pinzón-Camargo¹

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List of Tables List of Figures List of BoxesList of Maps Acknowledgements viii ix ix ix x"Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar", By Antonio Machado from one of his poems with the same title. Although I had read the poem many years ago, while I was working on this dissertation it came back to my mind after reading a paper by Arie Rip and other scholars who quoted it. Since reading the quote, it has been on my mind resonating with my past, present and future. Today, looking back at this journey, a mixture of feelings emerges, but most of all a feeling of gratitude for a path travelled over the last four years. Like a captain discovering the world, I feel happy and proud for arriving safely at my destination port with my crew. However, I also feel nostalgic about the adventures we experienced together along the way, as the path we sealed across will never be crossed again, but the memories will remain.Navigating the ocean of knowledge is a risky adventure, even more in the darkest nights when the clouds reduce the visibility of the celestial bodies to navigate. In such circumstances, lighthouses are sources of hope to find or rectify the course. In my research process, I always had two shining lighthouses to guide my navigation. Thank you, Professors Stefan and Gonzalo, for lighting my path, by listening to my questions and supporting me through the challenging decisions I made. Thank you for teaching me how to sail my PhD.I have the best crew in the world. My wife, María, has been my inspiration, my support, my advisor, my "partner-in-crime", and my encouragement to navigate the dark days of this research. My beloved son, Gael, who is now my powerful raison d'etre in this project and of our future adventures together. Finally, my parents, Maricela and Manuel, were always there. They gave me the foundations to sail my paths. Thank you also to my brother, who has always been my sparring partner to help me understand life from a different perspective, and to my grandmother and my uncle.

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Comparing frugality and inclusion in innovation for development: logic, process and outcome

Cited by 21 publications

References 68 publications

Pro-Poor Innovations to Promote Instrumental Freedoms: A Systematic Literature Review

Pro-Poor Innovations to Promote Instrumental Freedoms: A Systematic Literature Review

Crop Insurance, a Frugal Innovation in Tanzania, Helps Small Maize Farmers and Contributes to an Emerging Land Market

Navigating inclusive innovation : the role of institutional entrepreneurs in inclusive innovation initiatives

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