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Global economy faces a conflux of change

Oct 16, 2024 | brookings.edu | Zia Qureshi |Daehee Jeong

To say that we are living in a time of change is to state, or rather understate, the obvious. The world faces a remarkable conflux of powerful forces of change. The global economy, and political economy, are experiencing profound shifts. Institutions and policymakers confront an exceptional array of new challenges.
TechTank: How Does Tech Affect Inequality?

Sep 30, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Darrell West |Zia Qureshi

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Technology innovation is accelerating around the world. Advances in AI, quantum computing, and cloud storage are providing new opportunities for communications and service delivery, but how are new digital tools affecting inequality? There is concern that technology will further inequality and divide the world into technology haves and havenots.
How does tech affect inequality? | The TechTank Podcast

Sep 30, 2024 | brookings.edu | Darrell M. West |Zia Qureshi

Technology innovation is accelerating around the world. Advances in AI, quantum computing, and cloud storage are providing new opportunities for communications and service delivery, but how are new digital tools affecting inequality? There is concern that technology will further inequality and divide the world into technology haves and havenots.
Turning technology into a catalyst for shared prosperity

Jul 11, 2024 | brookings.edu | Brahima Coulibaly |Zia Qureshi

Ours is a time of transformative technological change. Advances in digital technologies have been reshaping economies—and societies. And the latest innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) can take the ongoing technological transformation to a whole new level. The new technologies open exciting new possibilities. They create new opportunities and avenues to boost economic prosperity and human welfare. Their potential to lift productivity and economic growth is considerable.
A look back at 2023—and what’s in store for 2024—from the Global Economy and Development program | Brookings

Dec 22, 2023 | brookings.edu | Brahima Coulibaly |Zia Qureshi |Aloysius Uche Ordu |Arushi Sharma

As 2023 draws to a close, scholars and staff in the Global Economy and Development program are looking back on their work this year and thinking ahead about how to make strides toward a more sustainable and equitable world in 2024. Vice President and Director Brahima S. Coulibaly kicks us off with a video message reflecting on the state of the global economy and the issues that are top of mind for 2024.
Rising inequality: A major issue of our time

May 16, 2023 | brookings.edu | Zia Qureshi

Income and wealth inequality has risen in many countries in recent decades. Rising inequality and related disparities and anxieties have been stoking social discontent and are a major driver of the increased political polarization and populist nationalism that are so evident today. An increasingly unequal society can weaken trust in public institutions and undermine democratic governance. Mounting global disparities can imperil geopolitical stability.
Sindh government working to overcome gas and power shortages: Imtiaz

Apr 27, 2023 | energycentral.com | Zia Qureshi

Sindh government working to overcome gas and power shortages: Imtiaz Apr 27, 2023Apr 27, 2023 2:09 pm GMT1 view Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh announced on Wednesday that the provincial government was prepared to operate the province's gas utility due to high line losses resulting from the distance from the national grid.
Productivity in a time of change: Puzzles, prospects, and policies

Apr 20, 2023 | brookings.edu | Zia Qureshi

Productivity is a key driver of long-term economic growth. The past couple of decades have seen a broad-based slowdown in productivity growth across economies. Technological advances are a major source of improvements in productivity, so a big puzzle is why productivity growth has slowed over a period that has witnessed a boom in new technologies led by digitalization. How have global shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic affected productivity?