Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Massa, Isabella
Author-Email: i.massa@odi.org.uk  
Author-workplace-name: Overseas Development Institute
Title: Technological change in developing countries: Trade-offs between economic, 
	 social, and environmental sustainability
Abstract:  Over the past years, the manufacturing sector has gone through a period 
	 of significant technological change. Technological innovation may bring 
	 significant socio-economic benefits and improve the environmental 
	 prospects, but it may also pose severe challenges to the economy, human 
	 well-being, and the environment. The aim of this paper is to review and 
	 discuss the existing literature on the economic/social, 
	 social/environmental, and environmental/economic trade-offs stemming 
	 from technological change in the manufacturing sector, with a focus on 
	 developing countries. The policy designs proposed in the literature to 
	 minimise the trade-offs arising from technological innovation and to 
	 achieve technology-driven sustained economic growth, social 
	 inclusiveness and environmental sustainability are also examined. 
Keywords: technological change, developing countries, manufacturing, trade-offs, growth,
	 inclusiveness, social inclusion, social exclusion, environmental sustainability
Classification-JEL: O11, O13, O14, O15, O33, O38
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20151201
Number: 2015-051
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2015/wp2015-051.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2015051