Charity Wayua: A few ways to fix a government
Charity Wayua: Niekoľko spôsobov ako opraviť vládu
IBM's Charity Wayua is a research manager in Nairobi, Kenya, where she leads the company's public sector research team. Full bio
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to study biochemistry.
že chcem študovať biochémiu.
prevalence of diseases like malaria,
rozšírenia chorôb ako je malária
that would cure the sick.
where I became a cancer researcher,
kde som sa stala výskumníčkou rakoviny
to Kenya to do just that.
aby som robila presne to.
na túto hroznú chorobu,
certainly a death sentence.
in a pharmaceutical company
vo farmaceutickej firme
to a different kind of lab,
kind of patient --
person in my country;
of governments are unhealthy today.
of living index.
as the entities that make it up.
put a Band-Aid in place
to an African country --
building hospitals, digging wells --
stavali nemocnice, budovali studne –
either weren't or couldn't provide
alebo nemohli poskytovať
Band-Aids can't fix,
ktoré sa nedajú opraviť náplasťou,
where businesses feel secure
v ktorom majú podnikatelia istotu,
their businesses successfully.
property that they create.
ktoré vytvárajú.
these necessary conditions
tieto podmienky nevyhnutné na to,
to quickly and easily set up shop.
schopné rýchlo a ľahko založiť predajňu.
of income for themselves,
zdroje príjmov,
to fund public projects.
na financovanie verejných projektov.
of economic growth,
ekonomického rastu,
the "Ease of Doing Business Ranking,"
nazvaný „Ease of Doing Business Ranking“,
or difficult it is to start a business
in a country with an ailing government --
v krajine s chorľavou vládou –
which is why in 2014,
us to partner with him
nás o spoluprácu,
to jump-start business growth.
naštartovať rozvoj podnikania.
in this World Bank ranking.
tohto rebríčku Svetovej banky.
mathematicians, engineers
matematikov, inžinierov
to cure the sickness
all the way from the organs,
zo skúmania orgánov
make a diagnosis.
from the President himself,
od samotného prezidenta
of the scientific method:
sme sa mohli dostať,
who worked at government agencies,
ktorí pracovali pre vládne úrady,
office, utilities company,
cez dodávateľov energií
for registering companies,
za registráciu podnikov,
them as they served customers,
ako slúžia zákazníkom,
most of them were manual.
väčšina z nich bola manuálna.
a lot of their previous paperwork
ich predchádzajúcej administratívy,
malfunctions had occurred
on the World Bank list.
na zozname Svetovej banky.
to register their property,
zaregistroval svoje vlastníctvo,
on the World Bank list.
na 2. mieste.
a new electric connection.
nové elektrické pripojenie.
to take you 125 days.
that would only take you 26 days.
by vám to trvalo len 26 dní.
a dispute to enforce a contract,
ohľadom vymáhania plnenia zmluvy,
would take you 465 days.
by vám trval 465 dní.
of your claim in just fees --
v poplatkoch –
in an African country,
taká neefektívnosť,
must be corrupt to the bone.
musia byť skorumpované do špiku kosti.
so much corruption,
or get killed in the process.
in the classic sense:
v bežnom zmysle slova:
of their friends.
svojich priateľov.
sense of helplessness.
employees felt helpless.
sa cítili bezradne.
empowered to drive change.
in a bigger system.
vo väčšom systéme.
doesn't matter in driving change.
nemôže meniť veci.
you had to go through --
neefektívny, komplexný
to find somebody to outsource it to,
kto by to spravil za vás,
take care of that for you.
of it on your behalf --
postaral za vás –
nobody was going to catch you.
že vás nikto pri tom nechytí.
something to work for you
že vám niečo pomôže
is the beginning of corruption.
we worked with had a shared vision
pracovali, mali rovnakú víziu
is to remove staples
je odstraňovanie spiniek
at the attorney general's office,
generálneho prokurátora,
for serving business owners
za obsluhu podnikateľov,
government services.
were impacting our ability as a country
schopnosť našej krajiny
and to attract investments.
a priťahovať investície.
everyone's role was vital.
všetci hrali dôležité úlohy.
to implement changes
delivery of our country.
služieb v našej krajine.
reforms we've been able to implement
ktoré sme boli schopní realizovať
global reformers in the world
like a weight-loss program.
ako o programe chudnutia.
of hard, grueling work at the gym,
tvrdej, únavnej driny v posilňovni,
time to weigh yourself,
this doesn't apply to you.
že sa ich toto netýka.
you accessed a government service?
and global economy
about transforming government.
keď rozmýšľame o pretvorení vlády.
or to the thinking
alebo kvôli domnienke,
some key government responsibilities
kľúčové funkcie vlády prenechať
a cítiť bezradnosť.
doesn't mean it's dying.
ešte neznamená, že zomiera.
of fixing our governments.
is when healthy cells --
je, keď sa zdravé bunky –
to create some space
je vytvorenie priestoru,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Charity Wayua - Public sector researcherIBM's Charity Wayua is a research manager in Nairobi, Kenya, where she leads the company's public sector research team.
Why you should listen
Dr. Charity Wayua creates commercially viable innovative solutions to address inefficiencies in the delivery of government services with the aim of creating an environment where businesses thrive. Wayua and her team work closely with the government and private sector to co-create various public sector solutions that make the delivery of government services to businesses more efficient and effective. The World Bank ranked Kenya the third most reformed country on its "Ease of Doing Business" ranking two years in a row, moving up 44 places in rank in just two years in part due to the work of Wayua's team.
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