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Tackling Europe’s gap in digital and AI

Europe’s average digital gap with the world’s leaders is now being compounded by an emerging gap in artificial intelligence.

The promise and challenge of the age of artificial intelligence

AI promises considerable economic benefits, even as it disrupts the world of work. These three priorities will help achieve good outcomes.

Notes from the AI frontier: Modeling the impact of AI on the world economy

Artificial intelligence has large potential to contribute to global economic activity. But widening gaps among countries, companies, and workers will need to be managed to maximize the benefits.

Smart cities: Digital solutions for a more livable future

Solving the productivity puzzle

New research uncovers how three waves collided to create historically low productivity growth but finds the potential for it to recover to 2 percent or more.

What the future of work will mean for jobs, skills, and wages

In an era marked by rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence, new research assesses the jobs lost and jobs gained under different scenarios through 2030.

Making it in America: Revitalizing US manufacturing

The erosion of US manufacturing isn’t a foregone conclusion. The decade ahead—with increased demand, new technology, and value chain optimization—will give the sector a chance to turn around.

The new dynamics of financial globalization

Cross-border capital flows have fallen 65 percent since the financial crisis as global banks retrenched, but a more stable form of financial globalization is emerging.

China’s digital economy: A leading global force

China is already more digitized than many observers appreciate and has the potential to set the world’s digital frontier in coming decades.

How artificial intelligence can deliver real value to companies

Companies new to the space can learn a great deal from early adopters who have invested billions into AI and are now beginning to reap a range of benefits.