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The Impact of New Technologies on Employment and the Workforce: What are the Implications for Developing Countries, Especially in Africa?

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  • Hamza Saoudi

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This report is part of a partnership between the Policy Center for the New South and the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. New technologies, such as automation, artificial intelligence and industrial robots, are often seen as a real danger for existing jobs and also for future job-creation prospects. There is a perception that they will make work redundant and lead to massive job destruction. However, others believe that automation, like previous technological waves , will increase the demand for labor in other sectors and create new jobs that did not exist in the past, and therefore lead to higher wages and improvements in the standards of living.

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  • Hamza Saoudi, 2021. "The Impact of New Technologies on Employment and the Workforce: What are the Implications for Developing Countries, Especially in Africa?," Books & Reports, Policy Center for the New South, number 38, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ocp:dbbook:book:10
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