Pandemic’s Box: How Corona Changes the Future of Work around the Globe
The Covid-19 crisis impacts the way we work and the technologies we use. It will have lasting effects on Global Value Chains, robotization and the […]
Automation
Do Global Value Chains Enhance Economic Upgrading?
Global value chains (GVCs) are seen by many, including the World Bank, as a promising remedy to slow growth in developing countries. Local firms can […]
Capital Deepening in the Twenty-first Century: a Wrap Up of Findings
This week, we wrap up our special series on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. We draw some conclusions. We […]
Fighting an Upskill Battle? Public Policy and the Robot Reserve Army
This week, we continue a special series on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. Last week we considered the potential […]
Will 1.8bn jobs in developing countries be taken over by robots? (Probably not. But…)
This week, we continue a special series of blogs on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. We look at employment […]
Drivers of automation: who or what leads the way?
This week, we continue a special series of blogs based on our new paper on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing […]
The future of work and wages in developing countries: a special series of blogs
This week, we continue a special series of blogs on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. Last week we presented […]
The Rise of the Robot Reserve Army: Working Hard or Hardly Working?
The rise of a new global ‘robot reserve army’ will have profound effects on developing countries but will it mean people will be working hard […]
Inclusive Development: prospects and policies
What are the prospects for inclusive growth? What risks does technological change pose for inclusive growth? And what economic policies should be implemented to achieve […]
The future of employment: back in fashion?
A range of views from across the UN, the World Bank and the IMF raise some big questions for the future of employment and its […]
