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While we have particular views on many issues on the Global Agenda, and have commissioned and will continue to promote research into questions affecting these, we are also conscious of the valuable work being done by many other institutions and researchers, some of whom have decades of experience in grappling with aspects of these challenging topics.

In this section of the site – Other Voices – by far the largest of all, we offer a wide cross-section of views and insights.

The Role of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Driving Africa’s Economic Growth

Posted Jan 31, 2024| by Policy Center for the New South

As the global economy is experiencing uncertainty, African countries need to harness the power of science, technology, and innovation to enable economic and social recovery and structural transformation in the medium and long terms This will require revamping the nexus between educational policies, R&D, innovation... Read More

Better Women’s Health could add $1 Trillion to the Global Economy

Posted on Jan 23, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by McKinsey Health Institute

The global order is undergoing significant changes that demand a new economic-security agenda. In this report from the McKinsey Health Institute, Kweilin Ellingrud, Lucy Pérez, Anouk Petersen, and Valentina Sartori, with contributions from the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other organisations, show that at least... Read More

Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Posted on Jan 18, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by International Monetary Fund

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape the global economy, especially labour markets. Mauro Cazzaniga Florence Jaumotte, Longji Li, et al suggest in their IMF Staff Discussion Note that advanced economies will experience the benefits and pitfalls of AI sooner than emerging market and... Read More

The Silicon Valley Model and Technological Trajectories in Context

Posted on Jan 30, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

As countries around the world seek to develop domestic startup ecosystems, many have attempted to emulate Silicon Valley’s structure, with limited understanding and limited success. With careful analysis, however, would-be startup hotspots can derive invaluable lessons from Silicon Valley, suggests Kenji Kushida in his installment... Read More

Quantum Economy Blueprint - Insight Report

Posted on Jan 25, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by World Economic Forum

The impact of quantum technology (QT) will be far-reaching, potentially offering important opportunities across multiple industries, leading to advances in healthcare, climate change, energy, communications, finance and others. Kelly Richdale, Arunima Sarkar, Mira Wolf-Bauwens et al suggest that qquantum technologies, such as quantum computing, quantum... Read More

Technology for Development

Posted on Jan 30, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by International Monetary Fund

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes developing economies, it raises familiar risks of disruption, misinformation, and surveillance - but also promises many potential benefits, Daniel Björkegren and Joshua Blumenstock argue in their IMF article. But balancing these risks and opportunities calls for local innovation and adaptation... Read More

Geopolitics and the Geometry of Global Trade

Posted on Jan 22, 2024 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by McKinsey Global Institute

The global economic future is not set. Hoping to bracket a range of futures, this report by the McKinsey Global Institute considers two illustrative trade reconfigurations and their potential implications. In one, global trade fragments and “deglobalizes” by shifting to being between more geopolitically aligned... Read More