The sooner developing countries embrace and adopt digital technologies, the better chance they would have to keep up, or even to leapfrog over incumbent tools and methods
We are living through humanity’s fourth industrial revolution, which is largely driven by breakthroughs in digital technologies. Some, like the Internet and artificial intelligence (AI), are converging and amplifying each other, with far-reaching consequences for economies and societies. For developing countries, the implications are profound, and questions concerning policy choices and the “appropriateness” of new technologies have become urgent.
Even if new technologies seem likely to fuel unemployment and deepen income inequality, no country can simply reject them outright. Instead,…
