Is there a limit to technological advancements? Are technological advancements creating a more
equal and fair world? Starting from influential thinkers driving a never-ending evaluation of
development discourse ¿ incorporating theories of modernisation endogenous growth
globalisation neoliberalism and several others ¿ Seung-Jin Baek answers these questions and
sets out practical steps to create societies that are more equal in the Fourth Industrial
Revolution. This book explores why Western-centred development strategies are unlikely to bring
about similar developmental paths and outcomes in developing economies. By theoretically and
empirically assessing the Technology-Development-Inequality nexus Baek explores why a
distorted developmental path has been observed in recent years with high income countries
being associated with rising inequality. This is important reading for all those seeking to
understand international development in a twenty-first century context.
