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This book seeks to promote ideas and actions to manage digital transformation and the latest advances in artificial intelligence with foresight and purpose to shape a more prosperous and inclusive future.
List of contents
ForewordCecelia Elena RouseAcknowledgments1 Overview: Digital Transformation, New Growth and Distribution Dynamics, and Public Policy
Brahima Coulibaly and Zia QureshiPart I
Technology, Globalization, and the Changing World of Work and Business2 The Labor Market Impacts of Technological Change:
From Unbridled Enthusiasm to Qualified Optimism to Vast Uncertainty
David Autor3 Digital Technology and Globalization:
The Promise and Pitfalls
Kaushik Basu4 Prospects for Global Economic Convergence under New Technologies
Dani RodrikPart II
Regional Perspectives on the New Dynamics5 New Technologies, Productivity, and Inequality in Latin America
Santiago Levy6 Technology, Jobs, and the Future of Work in India
Radhicka Kapoor and P.P. Krishnapriya7 Addressing Digital Gaps in Africa to Boost Inclusive Growth and Economic Convergence
Haroon Bhorat, Landry Signé, Zaakhir Asmal, Jabulile Monnakgotla, and Christopher RooneyPart III
Implications for Global Inequality8 Global Income and Wealth Inequality
Lucas Chancel9 Actual versus Perceived Trends in Inequality:
Why They Both Matter
Carol Graham and Janina Curtis BrökerContributorsIndex
About the author
BRAHIMA COULIBALY is vice president and director of the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings and the Edward M. Bernstein Scholar, having served earlier as director of the program's Africa Growth Initiative. Previously he was chief economist and head of the emerging market and developing economies group at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He has published widely on topics in international finance, macroeconomics, economic development, monetary economics, and trade. His research has featured in prominent media outlets. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.
ZIA QURESHI is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. His research covers a broad range of global economic issues. He has recently led research projects at Brookings on the implications of technological change for productivity, growth, jobs, inequality, and globalization. Previously he worked at the World Bank and the IMF, where he held leadership positions, including serving as director, Development Economics, at the World Bank. He led several World Bank and IMF flagship publications. He holds a D.Phil. in economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
