Welcome to ‘The Startup State’ - a weekly bulletin from the GEN Policy and Research team highlighting key entrepreneurship news, reports, commentary and features from around the world.
GEN Atlas insights
The GEN Atlas is the world’s largest entrepreneurship policy compendium. This week’s deep dive examines startup visas. This includes a comprehensive directory of all live entrepreneur and startup visas around the world - by our count, 42.
Read the deep dive on Startup Visas
GEN community news
- Webinar: Entrepreneurship policy evaluation and the role of Randomized Control Trials
On Wednesday 25th October, GEN, OECD and Nesta are hosting a webinar that will bring together policymakers and evaluation experts to share knowledge and lessons on conducting high-quality and reliable impact evaluation of entrepreneurship policies, with a particular focus on randomized control trials. Register for free using the above link. - GEN and UNCTAD celebrate excellence in online public services at UN Digital Government Awards
The winners of the UN Digital Government awards, a partnership between UNCTAD and GEN, were announced this week at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi.
News
- The United Kingdom’s Tech Nation has relaunched as part of Brent Hoberman’s Founders Forum Group. It remains the endorsing partner for the UK’s Global Tech Talent visa and it has pledged to help startups on its programs secure a cumulative £10bn in funding over the next five years (UK Tech News)
- New York’s Mayor Adams has released a first of its kind AI action plan. The plan will develop a framework for city agencies to evaluate AI tools and associated risks, help city government employees build AI knowledge and skills, and support the responsible implementation of these technologies to improve quality of life for New Yorkers (NYC)
- Japan’s financial regulator plans to double the amount of money that retail investors can spend on unlisted startups in a bid to expand the funding pool for new growth sectors (Nikkei Asia)
- Malaysia’s Department for Trade and Industry is to establish a national innovation hub in Manila as an epicenter for government, enterprises, and academia collaboration through research and innovation facilities (Manila Bulletin)
Research & analysis
- Refugee entrepreneurship survey
An updated survey of refugee entrepreneurship programs was published this week by Loughborough University to coincide with the GEN-supported Refugee Entrepreneurship Summit in Izmir, Turkey. - Beyond humanitarian assistance: Enabling refugees’ economic empowerment through entrepreneurship and investment
Senior private sector specialist Benjamin Hertzberg details two new World Bank reports on refugee entrepreneurship that were also presented this week at the Refugee Entrepreneurship Summit.
Comment
- Strengthening our collaboration for greater impact: A statement from the heads of multilateral development banks
- Here we grow: Why do most “scalers” stay in their home region? (Darya Korlyakova and Carlo Menon, OECD)
- A new era of opportunity is opening up in Iraq with the development of the private sector and the creation of startups (Clement Gibon, journalist, Equal Times)
- New York City’s AI plan: What other municipalities can learn (Bill Conerly, senior contributor, Fobes)
- The future of innovation in the United States: Permissionless or regulated? (Mohamed Moutii, research associate, Arab Center for Research and Montreal Economic Institute)
- Space Week ought to be every week (Volodomyr Levykin, founder and CEO, Skyrora)
- When it comes to attracting startups Germany is its own worst enemy (Lucy Lyons, co-founder and CEO, Kestrix)
Features
- Sifted: The brains behind UK Labour’s tech policy
- Politico: Europe’s antitrust rules are political, says ousted economist
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