The Major Characteristics Of Industrialization In The 21st Century

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Globalization is driving this restructuring through increased trade and investment flows, along with technological and associated organizational change. Industrialization is a process of structural transformation involving the reallocation of factors of production from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, industry and services, and the reallocation of those factors among industrial and service sector activities to accelerate economic growth. Industrialization in contemporary times is characterized with achieving sustainable development. Sustained economic growth is associated with the capacity to expand domestic production structure by generating new activities, strengthening economic linkages within the country, and developing domestic technological capabilities. Some general characteristics of industrialization in twenty first century are as follow: Changes in economic structure Change in the economic structure is one of the characteristics of industrialization. Along with economic and population growth, the percentage of employment in the primary sectors, …show more content…

In developing countries, average tariff levels have fallen from 34.4 per cent in 1980-83 to 12.6 per cent in 2000- 2001; in developed countries they have fallen from 8.2 per cent in 1989-92 to 4.0 per cent in 2000 (DESA, 2007). Also, non-tariff barriers have fallen. True to the characteristic of industrialization, theirs is movement towards free trade in manufactured products, but the same cannot be said about agriculture. Movement of capital is becoming increasingly free. Many services areas that were once considered non-tradable have now become tradable to the extent that they can be digitized and provided remotely, across national boundaries, through the

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