Are the robots going to steal our jobs?

In March 2018, CDE invited Robert Lawrence to speak to audiences of policy-makers and business leaders about the evolution of manufacturing in a world of digitisation and robotisation, and what these trends might mean for South Africa’s prospects of a manufacturing-led employment boom.

We have summarised the key points from his various presentations and discussions, and the report is attached

 

Report by Centre for Development and Enterprise

Professor Lawrence, a former South African, is the professor of international trade and investment at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University