Digital Platform Work in Developing Countries: Enabling Capabilities or Perpetuating Dependencies?

Jamelia Harris ()
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Jamelia Harris: University of Warwick

Development, 2024, vol. 67, issue 1, 22-27

Abstract: Abstract This article focuses on cloudworking in developing countries and the implications of this type of work on development. The analysis draws on two eminent development theories—the capabilities approach and dependency theory. Using these framework, opportunities and risks of cloudwork to developing countries are presented and analyzed, and policy implications discussed.

Keywords: Digital platform work; Crowdwork; Cloudwork; Capabilities approach; Dependency theory; Decent work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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