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 […]
Technological change
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
