71% of surveyed emerging-market firms use AI. How deeply are they adopting it?
Last year, we surveyed firms in emerging markets backed by private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds, which we refer to as frontier firms,
Rising debt, shrinking buffers: The fiscal challenge facing commodity exporters
For commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), recent years have delivered something more unsettling than the usual commodity cycle of boom and bust. Overlapping
AI adoption stalls as companies struggle to scale projects despite strong returns, study shows
Only 13% of companies were on track with their AI initiatives, as regulatory hurdles and integration with legacy IT systems slowed large-scale adoption, a BearingPoint
Measuring what work generative AI does: Survey evidence versus chat logs
The chat logs of AI companies are often used to measure what work AI actually does. This column uses a nationally representative US survey that
Workers’ age and AI adoption
Numerous studies have analysed the effects of AI on productivity, growth and employment. Few of these focus on the factors that promote or hinder the
Beyond exposure: Predicting AI adoption based on comparative advantage
Predictions about the workplace impact of artificial intelligence often begin with what the technology can do captured by occupations’ exposure to AI. Using representative data
Technology adoption and labour shortages: Evidence from Britain’s Industrial Revolution
As populations in rich countries age and fewer youngsters enter the labour force, employers and politicians bemoan labour ‘shortages’. This column turns to historical evidence
AI, productivity, and work: Evidence from US firms
Real-time evidence from users can inform the current policy debates around artificial intelligence. This column reports on a survey of executives at typical US firms
Why some digital payment systems replace cash and others don’t
Digital payment systems promise to extend financial services to people underserved by banks, and overcoming barriers to the adoption of such systems is thus central
When the cloud meets a thirsty world
Throughout history, water has been the quiet engine behind progress: farmers irrigate fields to grow crops; industry needs it to produce goods and generate energy;
