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Introduction Horse-back riders fearing to be replaced by cars, postmen fearing to be replaced by e-mails and more recently an accountant fearing to be replaced by robots. New technological advances that will replace your job is a 500-year-old discussion regarding anxiety about automation and is recognized throughout history. Ricardo’s book On the Principles of PoliticalContinue reading “The Future of Work Under Siege: Fear of Automation by the Middle Class”

Abstract This paper analyzes cross-country firm-level data from 11 European countries and the USA between 1995-2017 to uncover the effect of technological innovations on increasing labor market polarization within industries in advanced economies. It contributes to the existing literature by making an extension on the theoretical framework of Acemoglu & Restrepo (2018) and by makingContinue reading “Automation and the Future of Work”

Introduction Digital transactions are made every day. It is one of the fastest growing industries of our time. The arrival of e-commerce changed existing trade flows. Transaction costs have decreased while transparency has increased. It potentially offers new opportunities to both developing and developed countries. The WTO realized this in 1998 when they adopted theContinue reading “E-commerce opportunities for entrepreneurs in Least Developing Countries (LDC’s)”

Table of contents Abstract. 4 Introduction.. 6 Theoretical framework. 10 What is development aid?. 10 Development aid over the years. 12 Alternative Development Aid Projects. 17 Effectiveness of development aid. 18 Limitations of development aid projects. 20 Research Methods. 21 Sample Selection and Setting: 22 Interview Instrument and Protocol. 25 Data Analysis Strategy. 25 Results.Continue reading “Market-led Alternative Development Aid in the Gambia A comparative case study analysis of small and large sized alternative market-led development aid projects”

Thank you for reading my blog. By means of writing extensive or short discussion papers I wish to contribute to the international development and cooperation debate.