TECHNOLOGICAL DUALISM, AGRICULTURE AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES

Developing countries are likely to be subjected to greater and greater technological dualism and the importation of modern efficient and large scale technologies is expected to exacerbate the dualistic problem, create unemployment, and lead to greater inequality in income distribution”. This paper provides hypothetical analyses of the preceding assertion. After an introduction highlighting the dualistic problem, the paper provides theoretical and analytical views of technological dualism. Using hypothetical scenario, critical analyses of the effects of technological dualism on agricultural productivity and employment generation were given. Conclusion and recommendations were made for development planning.