South Africa in the Installation Phase of a New Techno-economic Paradigm

IF 0.5 Q4 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology Pub Date : 2021-08-12 DOI:10.1163/15691497-12341593

P. Stewart

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Abstract

South Africa’s situation of financialization, low growth, unemployment, and inequality is linked here to the ‘installation phase’ of a new technology as described by Carlotta Perez. South Africa’s informational economy is examined, and the role of the financial sector is summarized. The article then considers the strengths and weaknesses of the manufacturing and service sectors, and the embeddedness in them of digital technologies. The article concludes by supporting manufacturing as the best route to a new productive economic core while other sites of digital industry take deeper root. The need to shape finance to more national ends is also affirmed.

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新技术经济范式的安装阶段的南非

正如Carlotta Perez所描述的那样，南非的金融化、低增长、失业和不平等的情况与新技术的“安装阶段”有关。考察了南非的信息经济，并总结了金融部门的作用。然后，本文考虑了制造业和服务业的优势和劣势，以及数字技术在它们中的嵌入性。文章的结论是，支持制造业是通往新的生产性经济核心的最佳途径，而数字产业的其他领域则扎根更深。会议还肯定了让金融服务于更多国家目标的必要性。

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Perspectives on Global Development and Technology DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： Perspectives on Global Development and Technology (PGDT) is a peer-reviewed journal for the discussion of current social sciences research on diverse socio-economic development issues that reflect the opportunities and threats brought about by the world order shift from bipolar to global, the present economic liberalization that constricts development options, and the new enabling technologies of the Information Age. A founding principle of PGDT is that all people are entitled to scientific and technological knowledge to promote human development. PGDT is the international forum where the questions associated with this endeavour are thoroughly examinated and clearly communicated.