Impact of AI on Developing Economies
Artificial intelligence and robots are revolutionizing production processes across the globe, but what countries stand to gain most from these new technologies? Economists Andy Berg and Chris Papageor...
22 Jan 202116min
Binyamin Appelbaum: Distribution Matters
Since the Industrial Revolution began more than 250 years ago- the world has produced enough wealth for every one of its 8 billion people to live comfortably. Yet, over 40 percent live in poverty, wit...
22 Dec 202017min
Wenjie Chen: Real-Time Data Shows Widening Gender Gap
Tourism, hospitality, and other contact-intensive sectors with higher shares of female workers came to a dead stop shortly after Covid-19 infections started to spread. But as the labor market readjust...
17 Dec 202016min
Ekkehard Ernst and Sabina Dewan on the Growing Precarity of Work
The global pandemic has caused millions of people to lose their jobs and is widening the gap between white-collar workers who can work from home and those who don't have the skills or resources to par...
10 Dec 202022min
Ian Goldin on Data and Statistics: Signposts in the Fog
Covid-19 has shown the important role that data and statistics play in assessing the disruptions caused by the pandemic–economic and otherwise–and implementing measures to mitigate its impact. The IMF...
3 Dec 202022min
Ulrich Volz: Pandemic is but a Prelude to Looming Climate Crisis
Despite long-standing warnings from scientists about the risks of a pandemic, the world was simply unprepared for this one. Ulrich Volz says the same is true for climate change. Volz is the director o...
12 Nov 202014min
جهاد أزعور: على السياسات أن تساعد منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا على الخروج من الأزمة أقوى من ذي قبل.
بلدان الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا استجابت لجائحة كوفيد-19 باتخاذ إجراءات سريعة وصارمة للتخفيف من انتشار الجائحة وحدة تأثيرها ولكنها لا تزال تواجه بيئة قاسية يشوبها عدم اليقين. فتشير آخر التوقعات لآفاق ...
2 Nov 202015min
Jihad Azour: Policies to Help Middle East, North Africa Emerge Stronger
The Middle East and North Africa responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with swift and stringent measures to mitigate its spread and impact but continue to face an uncertain and difficult environment. The...
2 Nov 202011min
