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 […]
Premature deindustrialisation
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 […]
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 […]
Are there good and bad varieties of deindustrialisation?
Deindustrialisation has become the experience of many middle income developing countries. This week on the ESRC GPID blog we start a series of blogs on […]
How did South East Asia achieve such rapid economic and social transformation in a short space of time?
This week, ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner, concludes the set of blogs on structural transformation and inclusive growth in South East Asia. Malaysia, Indonesia and […]
How did South East Asia counter-intuitively deal with the distributional tensions that rapid change often entails?
This week, ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner, continues the set of blogs on structural transformation and inclusive growth in South East Asia. Malaysia, Indonesia and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
