This book brings together an all-star cast to contribute compelling and persuasive analysis of what policymakers can do to harness technology. It is a refreshingly substantive and practical approach to a topic that is often treated with a misguided fatalism—we can make a better future but it will not happen automatically.

Jason Furman, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and Professor, Harvard University

A fascinating cross-section of leading views on the interaction between technology and economic development. Anyone interested in the future of work around the world should read this volume. All the research and policy questions are here.

Simon Johnson, professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, and faculty co-director of the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative

These very important essays address the fundamental challenge of redesigning economic policy in the digital era. The breathtaking advances in AI and digital technologies offer new opportunities for rapid growth but also pose major risks of job displacement, widening inequalities, and the end of traditional pathways of development. Policymakers, scholars, and students everywhere will be turning to this volume for cutting-edge ideas and new policy approaches.

Jeffrey Sachs, professor, Columbia University, and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

The sentiment was unanimous among [the panel] about Coulibaly's and Qureshi's skillfully crafted views on the challenges of new technologies and their impact work, inequality, and economic growth.

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