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WIDER Discussion Paper 2005 001

Source: www.wider.unu.edu
Topic: Entrepreneurship

Sort Desciption: Opening the private sphere to entrepreneurship and complex ... to open the public sector to entrepreneurship and innovation at local regional national ...

Content Inside: Copyright EGDI and UNU-WIDER 2005 * Indiana University. This study was presented at the EGDIWIDER Conference on Unlocking Human Potential Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors in Helsinki 17-18 September 2004. UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the support and collaboration of the Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI) of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. UNU-WIDER also acknowledges the financial contributions to its research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs) Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development). Discussion Paper No. 2005/01 Unlocking Public Entrepreneurship and Public Economies Elinor Ostrom * January 2005 Abstract Unlocking human potential requires a rich network of institutional arrangements in both private and public spheres. Opening the private sphere to entrepreneurship and complex market organization is well understood as a key to increasing the level and quality of private goods available to consumers. Opening the public sphere to entrepreneurship and innovation at local regional and international levels is also a key to increasing the level and quality of public goods e.g. peace safety and health available to citizens. This paper reviews studies of urban service delivery that have repeatedly found communities of individuals who have self-organized to provide and co-produce surprisingly good local services. In addition to unlocking individual freedom we need to unlock the public sector from rigid top-down hierarchical organization. Keywords: entrepreneurship urban public services polycentricity JEL classification: H4 H7 D73 D78 The World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) was established by the United Nations University (UNU) as its first research and training centre and started work in Helsink ...

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