Lecture: Richard Heeks on the digital gig economy

Global Development Institute podcast
20/10/2017 33 min
Lecture: Richard Heeks on the digital gig economy

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To coincide with his recent Development Informatics Working Paper Professor Richard Heeks discusses the decent work and the digital gig economy. In this seminar he provides a developing country perspective on employment impacts and standards in online outsourcing, crowdwork and other areas.Read the DI Working Paper: https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/research/publications/di/di-wp71/ Find out more about the Global Development Institute: Website Blog BlueSky LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Newsletter Intro music Anna Banana by Eaters

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