Efosa Ojomo: Reducing corruption takes a specific kind of investment
Efosa Ojomo: Inovação é o antídoto da corrupção
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na universidade onde ela leciona,
where she teaches in Nigeria.
arrested and charged to court.
preso e acusado.
to my sister's case informed her
da minha irmã informaram a ela
to process the paperwork
it was part of a practical joke.
que fosse brincadeira.
the recent victim of a crime,
vítima de um crime recente,
who were supposed to help her,
que deveriam ajudá-la,
millions of people in my country.
milhões de pessoas em meu país.
virtually every element of the society.
todos os aspectos da sociedade.
millions of dollars were common.
milhões de dólares eram comuns.
de cidadãos trabalhadores diligentes
from everyday hardworking citizens
could never actually happen,
jamais poderia realmente acontecer,
innovation and prosperity,
sobre inovação e prosperidade,
not the problem hindering our development.
que dificulta nosso desenvolvimento.
e sua relação com o desenvolvimento
and its relationship to development
many poor countries backwards.
mas estão retardando muitos países pobres.
is to create good laws,
a corrupção é criando boas leis,
and innovation to flourish.
e inovação conduzindo à prosperidade.
and development organizations
e organizações de desenvolvimento
and anti-corruption programs.
e programas anticorrupção.
fail to reduce corruption,
falham ao tentar reduzir a corrupção,
because they've reduced corruption.
porque reduziram a corrupção.
because they've developed.
porque se desenvolveram.
through investments in innovation.
por meio de investimentos em inovação.
this was impossible.
at least on the surface,
pelo menos aparentemente,
pra se fazer negócios?
politicians are corrupt
políticos são corruptos
a relação entre inovação e corrupção,
between innovation and corruption,
to see things differently.
in sub-Saharan Africa
na África subsaariana,
its telecommunications industry.
sua indústria de telecomunicações.
in sub-Saharan Africa had phones.
na África subsaariana tinha telefones.
had more than 110 million people
mais de 110 milhões de pessoas,
in the whole nation.
disponíveis em toda a nação.
widespread corruption in the industry.
generalizada na indústria.
das companhias telefônicas estatais
for the state-owned phone companies
que queriam ter telefones.
who wanted phones.
couldn't afford to pay the bribes,
não podia pagar propina,
to those who were wealthy.
apenas para os ricos.
a telecommunications company
de telecomunicações no continente.
about his idea, they just laughed at him.
sobre a ideia dele, eles riram.
mobile phones and cell service
de telefones celulares e serviços
countries in the region --
e corruptos da região,
we call what Mo Ibrahim built
o que Mo Ibrahim construiu
complicated and expensive products
produtos complicados e caros
are simple and affordable,
could access them.
tenham acesso a eles.
much more affordable.
muito mais acessíveis.
na verdade, alguns dos colegas dele,
some of his colleagues, actually --
empresa de telefonia móvel no continente,
a successful mobile phone company
em investimentos.
of dollars of investments.
growth in the industry.
significativo da indústria.
African country now has
os países africanos
telecommunications industry.
de telecomunicação móvel,
close to one billion phone connections,
de conexões telefônicas,
in taxes every year.
em impostos todos os anos.
can now reinvest into the economy
podem usar pra reinvestir na economia
have to bribe public officials
subornar funcionários públicos
this industry -- has reduced.
nesta indústria, foi reduzida.
for corruption to be fixed
a corrupção diminuir
before he invested,
antes de investir,
in corruption know they shouldn't.
com a corrupção sabem que não deveriam.
who were demanding bribes from people
que exigiam propina das pessoas
e aquelas que pagavam por isso,
who were paying the bribes --
from gaining access
se beneficiam de obter acesso
a lot about corrupt politicians
muito dos políticos corruptos
economic opportunity is scarce,
a oportunidade econômica é escassa,
an attractive way to gain wealth.
um modo atraente de se obter riqueza.
civil servants like police officers,
de funcionários públicos, como policiais,
hardworking citizens.
de cidadãos trabalhadores.
are grossly underpaid
são totalmente mal pagos
is a good way to make a living.
pra eles, é um bom modo de ganhar a vida.
itself out in wealthy countries as well.
também em países ricos.
bribe university officials --
funcionários da universidade...
bribe university officials
into elite colleges,
em universidades de elite,
into elite colleges is scarce,
de elite é escassa,
be things that are scarce in society
produtos e serviços escassos na sociedade
between corruption and scarcity.
way too many basic things are scarce.
muitas coisas básicas são escassas.
for corruption to thrive.
para que a corrupção prospere.
excuse corrupt behavior.
um comportamento corrupto;
understand it a bit better.
a entendê-la um pouco melhor.
that make things affordable
produtos e serviços acessíveis
to reinvest in their economies.
reinvestir na economia de seu país.
on a countrywide level,
a desperately poor country,
extremamente pobre,
by an authoritarian government
said South Korea was trapped in poverty,
diziam que o país estava preso na pobreza,
as "an economic basket case."
"um caso de má situação econômica".
at South Korea's institutions,
and most corrupt African countries
africanos mais pobres e mais corruptos.
Samsung, Kia, Hyundai
como Samsung, Kia e Hyundai
that made things much more affordable
que tornaram produtos mais acessíveis
from an authoritarian government
de um governo autoritário
in building its institutions.
na construção de suas instituições.
was sentenced to 25 years in prison
foi condenada a 25 anos de prisão,
when the country was poor
quando o país era pobre
countries today, what we found was,
mais prósperos atualmente,
as they became prosperous --
a corrupção ao se tornarem prósperos,
we should just ignore corruption.
que deveríamos apenas ignorar a corrupção.
for most people in poor countries,
para muitos nos países pobres,
onde há menos opções melhores
better options to solve a problem.
products much more affordable
produtos e serviços muito mais acessíveis
source of revenue
para governos reinvestirem na economia
into the economies
in the economic development puzzle
do desenvolvimento econômico
help us reduce corruption.
a reduzir a corrupção.
in Nigeria when I was 16.
quando tinha 16 anos.
has actually gotten worse.
and endemic corruption,
e da corrupção endêmica,
with terrorist organizations
com organizações terroristas
about Nigeria today
tenho mais esperança na Nigéria hoje
investing in innovations
investindo em inovações
like Lifestores Pharmacy,
more affordable for people;
mais acessíveis para as pessoas;
and logistics for many small businesses;
e logística para muitas pequenas empresas;
for software developers --
para desenvolvedores de software,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Efosa Ojomo - Innovation researcherEfosa Ojomo researches and writes about how innovation transforms organizations and creates inclusive prosperity for many.
Why you should listen
Efosa Ojomo leads the Global Prosperity research group at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a think tank based in Boston and Silicon Valley. In January, 2019, Ojomo and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen published The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty. In a Wall Street Journal review of The Prosperity Paradox, Rupert Darwall writes: "The authors return the entrepreneur and innovation to the center stage of economic development and prosperity."
Ojomo's work has been published and covered by the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, the Guardian, Quartz, Forbes, Fortune, The World Bank, NPR and several other media outlets. He speaks regularly on innovation and has presented his work at TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the World Bank, Harvard, Yale, Oxford and at several other conferences and institutions.
Ojomo graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in computer engineering and got his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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