Mary Hallward‐Driemeier

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Total Citations

433

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About

Mary Hallward-Driemeier is a leading development economist whose research focuses on the intersection of industrial policy, technological change, and global value chains. Her most influential work, "Trouble in the Making?: The Future of Manufacturing-Led Development" (2017, 409 citations), fundamentally challenged the traditional view of manufacturing as a reliable pathway to growth, arguing that automation and shifting trade patterns are eroding its potential for job creation in developing economies. She further explores these dynamics in "Europe 4.0" (2020, 22 citations), analyzing how digital technologies reshape productivity and distributional outcomes, and in her latest paper, "Have Robots Grounded the Flying Geese?" (2025), which uses greenfield FDI data to show that robotization in high-income countries is disrupting the classic "flying geese" model of labor-cost-driven industrial relocation. A former Senior Advisor at the World Bank, Hallward-Driemeier's work is essential for students and researchers seeking to understand how globalization, robotics, and digitalization are rewriting the rules of economic development.