By Darrell M. West The Metaverse is an immersive environment that combines virtual and augmented realities and allows people to integrate their digital and physical spaces. There is a lot...

By Alex Engler Earlier this month, in a critical step toward fighting algorithmic harms, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released technical guidance on how algorithmic hiring tools can be...

By Eswar Prasad

After 20 years of war, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ended in chaos at an airfield in Kabul. Nearly 76,000 Afghans who worked with American soldiers as translators, interpreters and...

Transformative new technologies are reshaping markets, business models, and the nature of work. But as they create new opportunities, they also pose new challenges, not least of which is rising...

By Wolfgang Fengler, Homi Kharas, Juan CaballeroA shadow loomed over Davos as global leaders from business and politics convened in the Swiss alpine resort last week: The war in Ukraine,...

By Zia QureshiWe are living in what has been aptly termed the digital era, a time of rapid technological change led by digital technologies. The new technologies are reshaping economies—and...

The CFA franc zone, which encompasses 14 countries in francophone West and Central Africa bonded by French colonial heritage and common currency, is falling behind most developing countries in terms...

By David Autor, Kaushik Basu, Zia Qureshi, Dani RodrikIn the current digital era, new technologies like artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping economies—and societies. While they hold great promise to...

By Kaushik Basu