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.
News
- Canada will cap startup visas at ten per sponsor organization, prioritize those sponsored by an incubator that is part of Canada’s Tech Network, and pause the self-employed persons program, in an effort to reduce application backlogs and improve processing times (Government of Canada)
- Chile will introduce a new AI regulation bill this month, focusing on risk management (Contxto)
- Azerbaijan’s central bank has launched a fintech innovation sandbox to accelerate the development of the fintech sector in the country (Turan)
- India’s leading industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industry has published a corporate governance charter for startups that emphasises particular governance principles that may need extra focus at each stage of the startup journey (The Economic Times)
Publications & analysis
- From worst to best: How California ended up with the worst business climate in America, and what it will take to turn things around
This California Policy Center and Golden Together report explores California's shift from a top business climate to one of the worst, citing high taxes, regulations, and housing costs. It recommends tax cuts, regulatory reforms, and investments to revive the economy. - How do immigration and technological growth affect one another?
This Center for Growth and Opportunity policy paper examines the relationship between immigration and technological growth, highlighting their mutual impact on economic development and innovation. - A microscope on small businesses: Spotting opportunities to boost productivity
This McKinsey & Co report aggregates richly granular data of MSME productivity across sectors and subsectors for 16 countries, uncovering tactics to increase productivity and seize growth opportunities through resource optimization. - Beneficial ownership registers: Implementation insights and emerging frontiers
This World Bank report distils insights from the implementation of beneficial ownership registers in Nigeria, North Macedonia, Kenya and the United Kingdom and provides lessons for similar reform efforts worldwide.
Comment
- Why we need a European NASDAQ (Phill Robinson, co-founder and CEO, Boardwave)
- Africa should focus on industrialisation. Free trade will follow (Michael E Odijie, post-doctoral researcher, University of Cambridge)
- How govtech is shaping the public sector and what it means for entrepreneurs (Dmitrii Kucher, co-owner, P2H)
- Cosa fare? Europe tackles its competitiveness gap (Clara Riedenstein, researcher, Center for European Policy Analysis)
- Stepping up: The growing role of women in Ukraine’s startup ecosystem (Trevor Clawson, contributor, Forbes)
Features
- Maddyness: Why France’s largest VC is government-owned
- Financial Times: The America’s fastest growing companies
- TechCabal: After conquering financial services, Mauritius wants to hack tech too
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