The role of technology and innovation in inclusive and sustainable industrial development was outlined in the latest Industrial Development Report 2016 presented in Vienna today.
The new publication spells out under what conditions can technological change trigger structural change in developing countries and lead to long-term, socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable industrial development.
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exterior shots
UN building
pan of building and flags
00:13 - 00:22
UN flag
00:23 - 00:45
wide shot of the podium in the plenary hall
closeup of podium speaker
wide shot of presentation screen
00:46 -01:30
Interview, Augusto Luis Alcorta, Director of Rersearch, Statistics and Industrial Policy Branch, UNIDO
speaking of the manufacturing-growth relation and the importance of countries not de-industrializing prematurely, which can lead to reducing growth
01:31 - 02:02
inside the plenary hall
closeup of podium speaker
audience watching
wide shot of presentation screen showing growth charts
02:03 - 02:14
closeup of the Industrial Development Report
contents
pages
charts
02:15 - 02:39
Interview, Dirk Willem te Velde, head of International Economic Development Group at the Overseas Development Institute
speaking of the importance of the report and how increased Industrial Energy Efficiency can create win-win situations in terms of industrial development
02:40 - 02:51
a zoom-in to the Industrial Development Report
02:52 - 03:02
audience reading the report
03:17 - 03:29
closeup of a badge showing SDG9
03:30 - 03:35
podium speaker closeup
03:36
Interview, Xiaolan Fu, professor of technology and international development, Oxford University
saying that technological change has a direction - it favors either the labor or the capital and stressing that countries should go to labor-saving technologies in order to avoid a rise of unemployment.
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2 December 2015
