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 […]
Economic Sectors
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DSA2018: Does structural transformation lead to higher inequality?
The ESRC GPID network ran two panels at the DSA 2018 conference in Manchester showcasing new research on structural change and inclusive growth. In this […]
Does deindustrialisation cause inequality to rise?
This week, ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner continues continues the set of blogs on deindustrialisation and developing countries. In past weeks, we’ve discussed varieties of […]
What are the drivers of deindustrialisation and why does it matter?
This week on the ESRC GPID blog, we continue a series of pieces on deindustrialisation and developing countries. Deindustrialisation is emerging as the contemporary development […]
What does South East Asia teach us about structural transformation and what would Arthur Lewis have said about it?
This week, ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner, continues the discussion on structural transformation and inclusive growth in South East Asia. We asked last week what […]
What can South East Asia tell us about Structural Transformation and Inequality Dynamics?
This week’s blog is the first of a set of posts on the ‘developer’s dilemma’ in South East Asia from ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner. […]
Time for ‘trickle along’ economics? Inequality in motion and the Lewis model of economic development
This week ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner, continues the discussion of a model of economic development from the 1950s and shows how it understands inequality […]
