Chart of the WeekChina’s Digital Dividend
By Longmei Zhang and Sally Chen
Digitalization has created millions of new jobs in China, accounting for between one-third and one-half of employment growth in the world’s second-largest economy. […]
Women, Technology, and the Future of Work
By Era Dabla-Norris and Kalpana Kochhar
November 16, 2018
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Women are currently underrepresented in fields experiencing job growth, such as engineering and information and communication technology (photo: Vgajic/iStock by Getty Images)
The way we work is changing at an unprecedented rate. Digitalization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are eliminating many jobs involving low and middle-skill routine tasks […]
Steering the World Toward More Cooperation, Not Less
By Vitor Gaspar, Sean Hagan, and Maurice Obstfeld
September 6, 2018
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With the world becoming more interdependent than ever before, countries can achieve a lot when they pull together (photo: Anton Sokolov/iStock by Getty Images)
Countries cooperate if they perceive it to be in their best interests, both economically and politically. […]
Chart of the Week: The Spread of Ideas and Innovation
By IMFBlog
July 30, 2018
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Young woman watches robotic fish in Gangneung, South Korea: the spread of knowledge and technology across counties has intensified because of globalization (photo: Richard Ellis/UPI/Newscom).
Globalization has accelerated the spread of knowledge and technology across borders. This has helped to increase productivity and potential growth in many countries and at the global level. […]
Chart of the Week: Japan’s Robots
By IMFBlog
June 12, 2018
A Panasonic robot moves around the lounge of Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (photo: Yoshio Tsunoda/AAFLO/Alamy Live News)
As Japan’s population ages and the birth rate is too low to sustain growth, the country is no stranger to coping with a limited number of working age people. […]
Global Economy: Good News for Now but Trade Tensions a Threat
April 17, 2018
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Container ship in Colombo, Sri Lanka: the recent escalating tensions over trade present a growing risk to the global economy (photo: STRINGER/REUTERS/Newscom).
The world economy continues to show broad-based momentum. Against that positive backdrop, the prospect of a similarly broad-based conflict over trade presents a jarring picture.
Three months ago, we […]
An Even-handed Approach to Crypto-Assets
April 16, 2018
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Healthcare companies are studying how to use the technology behind crypto assets to maintain confidential medical data (BSIphotos/Newscom).
The dizzying gyrations of crypto-assets such as Bitcoin invite comparisons with the tulip mania that swept Holland in the 17th century and the recent dot-com bubble. With more than 1,600 crypto-assets in circulation, it seems inevitable […]
Globalization Helps Spread Knowledge and Technology Across Borders
By Aqib Aslam, Johannes Eugster, Giang Ho, Florence Jaumotte, Carolina Osorio-Buitron, and Roberto Piazza
April 9, 2018
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Using artificial intelligence at a hospital in Qingdao, China: the spread of knowledge and technology between countries has intensified (photo: Sipa Asia/Sipa USA/Newscom).
It took 1,000 years for the invention of paper to spread from China to Europe. […]