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The Disrupted Passage from an Agrarian Rural to an Industrial Urban Workforce in Most Countries in the Global South
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Agrarian south : journal of political economy, 2018-12, Vol.7 (3), p.301-319
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New Delhi, India: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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In many late industrializing countries, most of those who leave agriculture do not find gainful employment. In fact, many of the late industrializers are prematurely de-industrializing. Explanations for the lack of absorption capacity of industries and productive services range from overregulated labour markets to globalization. On the basis of a comparison between the conditions prevalent among the early industrializers and present-day latecomers to industry and advanced services, this article highlights other factors: demographic pressures, restrictions on migration, productivity differentials vis-à-vis the Global North and the few successful late industrializers and the constraints on the promotion of industry stemming from neoliberal globalization. It also points to challenges for a state-led industrial policy stemming from the colonial heritage like lack of societal trust.