Niti Bhan: The hidden opportunities of the informal economy
Niti Bhan: Gayriresmî ekonominin açığa çıkmayan fırsatları
Through exploratory and human-centered research, Niti Bhan discovers and makes tangible pragmatic opportunities for sustainable and inclusive value creation. Full bio
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are stereotypically seen
basmakalıp bir şekilde
the word "informal"
association we have,
and economic losses,
gayriresmî pazarların günlük kâr marjına
40 to 60 percent of the profit margin
the informal trade ecosystem,
on cross-border trade in East Africa,
to understand what was the problem,
tuttuğunu ve sorunu
in the informal sector.
over the last 20 years was,
hiç kimsenin,
between illicit --
kaçakçılık ve kaçak mal ayrımındaki gibi-
in the informal sector --
portakal veya meyveler gibi
which is the trade or the commerce,
suçuyla kıyaslarsak;
the smuggling or contraband --
of the informal sector,
açılarına bakılmaksızın
between these aspects,
between 60 to 80 percent addition
at four times the rate
ekonomiye veya yaygın bir ifade ile
generation opportunities
in conventional disciplines.
machine out of an old car?
kızartma makinesi yapabilir misin?
to be recognized.
ihtiyaç duyan şey.
hold that this is criminal,
bunu suç saydığı sürece,
the informal economic ecosystem
ekonomi sistemlere dâhil edecek
all our assumptions,
that we'd gone in on,
gözden geçirerek
sorgulamamıza neden oldu.
in a town called Malaba,
Malaba kasabasında,
düşünüyorsunuz, değil mi?
from the branches,
wait for customers,
ve müşteri beklerdik
according to the literature,
araştırmamıza göre,
mom driven to trade,
yalnız bir anne,
tersine çeviren şey neydi?
government market fees
her bir çalıştığı gün için
up shop under her tree.
önceliğine sahip.
by the side of the road -- no.
who's keeping sales records for years;
of retail that comes in from Uganda
bringing the goods in,
who comes to collect cash
gelen taşınabilir para
Teresia spends, on average,
that she gets from Nairobi?
harcadığını biliyor musunuz?
invested in trade goods and services
her yıl, ticari mal ve hizmetlere
of the small entrepreneurs,
ilk basamak,
in these market towns.
işletmeler görülebilir.
she's at the first rung.
içerisinde, ilk basamakta.
three lines of business,
US dollars every month.
yatırım yapıyorlar.
that it wasn't the criminalization;
suç sayılması olmadığı ortaya çıktı.
you're charging receipts from.
kişi hakkında suçlamada bulunamazsınız.
of their skilled occupations.
yetersizliktir.
have no means to recognize them
mikro iş olarak tanıyacağı
a forwarding address.
of our assumptions.
to help African women traders?
mikro kredileri biliyor musunuz?
50 dollars or 100 dollars.
that amount every month
sadece malzemelere
the additional services
destekleyici sistemlerden
neither the policy stereotype
basma kalıp insanlarla,
salaried office worker
are allegedly composed of.
are the proto-SMEs
of businesses and enterprises
the invisible ones --
bu görünmez çalışanlar--
the candlestick makers --
that make your french fries
makineyi yapıyorlar
trading across borders,
sınırları aşıp ticaret yapan
to data gatherers.
görünmezlerdir.
with the vast informal sector
between smugglers and tax evaders
and send their kids to university.
ayırt etmek zahmetli değildir.
the skills, the occupations?
tanıyarak başlayalım mı?
by beginning with this recognition
ekonomiyi değiştirebiliriz.
doorways for them to enter
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Niti Bhan - Human-centered strategistThrough exploratory and human-centered research, Niti Bhan discovers and makes tangible pragmatic opportunities for sustainable and inclusive value creation.
Why you should listen
Niti Bhan is a global nomad whose life mission is to bridge the gap of understanding between cultures, contexts and continents. She brings a multicultural perspective to innovation for the informal economies of the emerging markets of the developing world. She is the founder and principal of Emerging Futures Lab, a multidisciplinary team of human-centered researchers, designers, engineers and economists who collaborate on design and innovation strategies for social impact and sustainable profit in the emerging consumer markets of sub-Saharan Africa.
Growing up as a third culture kid in the ASEAN of the 1970s exposed Bhan to the British and American systems of primary and secondary education whilst her university education in Engineering (Bangalore University), Design (National Institute of Design, India & the Institute of Design, IIT Chicago), and Business (majoring in Strategy at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh) gave her the experience of living and working across cultures and continents. Emerging Futures Lab came to life in San Francisco in 2005, operated between Singapore, the Netherlands, and East Africa from 2007 through 2013, and is now an established SME in Finland.
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