11. AFRONOMICS: The Future of Work in Africa - Can Digital Technologies Really Work for All?

"Africa has a chance to take a different path – if governments and businesses can take advantage of digital technologies, and if the right policies and investments are in place."

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Topics: Jobs, Formalization and Productivity, Firm Innovation, Productivity and Growth, Digital Manufacturing, Employability, Skills and Jobs, Education, Skills Development and Labor Market, Human Capital for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Competition Economics, Informal Sector, Informality, Jobs and Development, Poverty, Jobs and Development, ICT Impact on Jobs, Informal Sector Productivity, Labor Productivity, Innovation and Productivity Growth, Innovation and Jobs, Wages, Innovation and Productivity, Economic Growth, Job Creation and Job Opportunities, Jobs and Growth, Jobs and Poverty, Inclusive Jobs and Poverty, Active Labor Market Policies, Innovation and Growth, Human Capital and Growth, Changing Nature of Jobs
Regions:
Africa, East Africa
Keywords:
Jobs, Informal Jobs, Africa, Digital Technologies, manufacturing sector, job creation, job loss, Future of Work, technology adaption, Human Capital, government capacity, Competition policy, Inclusive Jobs, Jobs and Development, Connectivity, skills and employability, Labor Productivity, Entrepreneurship, Human capital for growth, Employment and Growth, Economic Growth Policy, Productivity-Led Growth, Informal Economy, Skills Development
Language:
English
Learning Mode:
Podcast
Date Added: February 9, 2021
Length:
00:17:22

About the Presenters

Mark Dutz

Lead Economist, Africa, World Bank Group

Mark Dutz is the Lead Economist in the Africa Chief Economist Office of the World Bank Group. He is responsible for work on productivity growth and its interaction with poverty reduction and shared prosperity. Dr. Dutz has worked in all geographic regions of the Bank Group, in its enterprise policy anchor, and in the Office of the Chief Economist. His other experiences include - Senior Consultant with Compass Lexecon Inc.; Senior Advisor to the State Minister of Economic Affairs and Treasury, Turkey; Principal Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist, EBRD; and consultant to OECD, WTO, WIPO, and Canada’s Networks of Centers of Excellence. Dr. Dutz has taught at Princeton University and has published articles in journals and monographs in applied microeconomics, including on competition, innovation, digital technology adoption, productivity, investment and trade issues, and their linkages with growth and inclusion. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School.

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MOHAMMAD

- Feb 18, 2021

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Great!

Mohammad Nadir

- Feb 17, 2021

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Excellent discussion!

Joy Mildred Adhiambo

- Feb 17, 2021

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The Future of Work in Africa - Can Digital Technologies Really Work for All?