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Audiobeitrag | Digitaler Kapitalismus

Digitalisation in the Global South – Kicking Away the Development Ladder?

Kongress #DigitalCapitalism am 2. und 3. November 2017

Fears that digital automation will directly replace millions of workers in cheap labour economies seem premature. The real danger of the digital revolution for emerging economies: automation makes manufacturers in the old industrial countries competitive again. Is this the end of the export- and manufacturing-led growth model? How can late industrialisers climb up the global value chain in the digital age? Mit: Mihir Sharma, Pavida Pananond, Marc Saxer. Moderation: Catrina Schläger