Is the Lewis model of economic development still relevant to developing countries?
This week ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner, takes a look at a model of economic development from the 1950s that he argues is highly relevant […]
Industry
What is premature deindustrialisation and does it matter?
Structural change has long been associated with deindustrialisation in advanced countries. This typically means that there is a focus on the shrinking proportion of industrial […]
Why is India’s economy not creating more jobs?
This week we take a closer look at the phenomena of ‘jobless growth’ in a new working paper by Anthony D’Costa. India’s Gross Domestic Product […]
India: lost in transformation?
India transitioned to ‘middle-income country’ status a decade ago and is projected to top the list of the world’s most populous countries by 2030, according […]
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 […]
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 […]
