A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, host Charles Kenny talks with Shahid Yusuf, who argues that the old path to rapid growth-manufacturing export goods-is less and less of an option for poorer countries, and there isn’t a clear new path to replace it.

A CGD blog. I wrote last week that with an Administration and Congress both prioritizing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment now was a good time to put in place legislation that would leverage the power of US-based multinational enterprises to encourage gender equality in the workp…

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss how you can make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.

A CGD blog. Today, the Trump administration rolled out the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP). Pillars one and two seem to suggest a rebranding of existing funding for women’s economic empowerment efforts in USAID and a repackaging of previously announced initiatives at the…

A CGD blog with Holly Shulman. Associate Professor of Political Science Yuen Yuen Ang on how to make your data more meaningful, the dangers of big data in cases of oppression, and whether political freedom is really a requirement for technological development.

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic we discuss the ethical responsibilities of technology firms in an age of algorithmic control, the weaponization of social media and the responsibilities of technology-using firms towards workers whose jobs evolve or disappear in the face of AI …

A CGD blog. CGD’s Study Group on Technology, Comparative Advantage, and Development Prospects is looking at current technology trends, including those around automation and artificial intelligence, and thinking through what they might imply for global economic growth and the distribution of inco…

A CGD blog. Lant asserts that the main problem developing countries face isn’t a lack of access to new technologies or knowledge, but rather lack of the use of these technologies that have been around a while, which leads to a discussion of institutions and how deals are done.

A CGD blog. In this episode of Sounds Robotic, we discuss fears of job loss and inequality from advances in robotics and automation, as well as the regional impact of past technological change and what it might imply on a global scale.

A CGD blog with Pamela Jakiela. It is now abundantly clear that aid money will provide only a fraction of the resources needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. That realization came early on, and it was a central theme of the Addis Financing for Development conference of 2015, held before the SDGs were even…