Levelling the playing field from life chances to the labour market
Imagine how the life chances for the two following children could be: first, a five-year-old girl, born and raised in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, […]
Month: November 2017
What is ‘structural transformation’ and why does it matter?
Most workers in pre-industrial Europe once pursued agricultural work. Later the economy shifted to manufacturing jobs and then to the service sector. In short, economic […]
How inclusive is structural change in Indonesia?
Indonesia is one country that has experienced rapid economic development over the last 50 years and a substantial democratisation since the Asian Financial Crisis of […]
Shrinking manufacturing employment is “bad news for developing countries”
What are the implications of premature deindustrialisation? What—if anything—is so special with manufacturing? How can we make sense of recent growth episodes in the developing […]
