Social impact of automation: Some specific problems of LDCs

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Paula Filho, Wilson de Pádua | Luna, Henrique Pacca Loureiro

Affiliations: Computer Science Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 30.000 Belo Horizonte – MG, Brazil

Abstract: The impact of automation in LDCs is discussed, with emphasis on specificities related to their phase of development. It is claimed that social counterpressures that have, in developed countries, softened the impact of automation, are absent in LDCs. The location of decision centers outside these countries is considered a major difficulty. Therefore, the pace of automation in LDCs must be regulated by their governments, in order to cushion effects on strategic dependence, unemployment, and others. Some degree of domestic development of technology is viewed as a necessary step in this direction.

Keywords: Less-developed countries, automation, social impact, technology, dependency, employment, decision centers, multinational corporations

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1982-3410

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 311-316, 1982