IER's Dr Jamelia Harris has published a new article titled "Digital Platform Work in Developing Countries: Enabling Capabilities or Perpetuating Dependencies?" in the journal Development. This article focuses on cloudworking in developing countries and the implications of this type of work on development.

The analysis draws on two eminent development theories: the capabilities approach and dependency theory. Using these frameworks, opportunities and risks of cloudwork to developing countries are presented and analysed, and policy implications discussed.