taken together these developments would lead to the emergence of more sustainable production and consumption patterns and thus could provide opportunities for developed and developing countries to achieve economic growth and sustainable development in line with the agenda for sustainable development increasing automation of production processes made possible by icts may cause the displacement of workers by machines and is likely to eliminate routine types of jobs and increase inequality a global net decrease in jobs could be especially challenging for developing countries where unlike developed economies millions of young people are entering the job market every year however developing countries are still lagging behind in terms of ict penetration buying them time to figure out how job loss may be compensated or combatted