How Artificial Intelligence Could Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations
By Cristian Alonso, Siddharth Kothari, and Sidra Rehman عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский New technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, big data, and...
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By Arnoud Boot, Peter Hoffmann, Luc Laeven, Lev Ratnovski The financial industry is undergoing rapid technological change. Traditional banks face competition from online start-ups with no physical...
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By Saadia Zahidi This article first appeared in Finance & Development magazine. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 comes at a crucial juncture for the world of work. The report,...
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By Catalina Margulis and Arthur Rossi Countries are moving fast toward creating digital currencies. Or, so we hear from various surveys showing an increasing number of central banks making substantial...
View ArticleChart of the WeekHow e-Government Services Can Pay Dividends
By Ali Al-Sadiq The ability to renew your passport or driver’s license, pay a tax bill, or access government data with the click of a button or swipe of a screen, anytime and anywhere, has grown more...
View ArticleThe Haves and Have-nots Of the Digital Age
By Gita Bhatt Accelerated by the pandemic, the digital future is coming at us faster than ever before, and maybe faster than we can imagine. In this issue of Finance & Development magazine, we...
View ArticleWhat Pandemics Mean for Robots and Inequality
By Tahsin Saadi Sedik and Jiae Yoo From car manufacture to self-service checkouts, we all see how automation can transform the world of work—with lower costs and higher productivity on one hand, and...
View ArticleMaking The Digital Money Revolution Work for All
By Tobias Adrian and Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli History moves in uneven steps. Just as the telegraph erased time and distance in the 19th century, today’s innovations in digital money may bring...
View ArticleYour Weekend Podcast Roundup
By IMFBlog We may not be commuting as much, but it seems we’re still listening. According to the latest Infinite Dial survey from Edison Research and Triton Digital, the percentage of people listening...
View ArticleNeeded—A Global Approach to Data in the Digital Age
By Vikram Haksar, Yan Carrière-Swallow, Kathleen Kao, and Gabriel Quirós-Romero Global principles on data policy can help level the playing field while addressing financial stability and inclusion,...
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