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F and D Magazine
F and D September 2016 PDF

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Robots, Growth, and Inequality

Andrew Berg, Edward F. Buffie, and Luis-Felipe Zanna

The robot revolution could have negative implications for equality

A robot revolution

Robots and jobs

Intelligent Technology

Hal Varian

As digital applications encroach on various aspects of daily life, the impact on the economy will help us live smarter and better

Conversation with Hal Varian

Straight Talk NEW

A Two-Way Street

David Lipton

Policymakers must address economic and political issues to strengthen globalization

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SMART TECHNOLOGY TAKES FLIGHT

The Dark Side of Technology

Chris Wellisz

The benefits of the digital age are tempered by the risks

Picture This: Digital Divide

Natalie Ramírez-Djumena

Digital Divide

Despite the rapid spread of digital technologies, the anticipated benefits of higher growth and more jobs have fallen short

Digital dividends

Two Faces of Change

Aditya Narain

New financial technologies hold both promise and pitfalls

Game Changer

Technology is transforming the way development agencies work

Big Data’s Big Muscle

Sanjiv Ranjan Das

Big Data’s Big Muscle

Computing power is driving machine learning and transforming business and finance

Das on big data

Music Going for a Song

Patrick Kabanda

Music Going for a Song

Protecting creative content could promote development in the digital age

Also in This Issue

Swimming Upstream

Alan Wheatley

Nancy Birdsall, founding president of the Center for Global Development.

More People in Economics

 

Tongue Tide

Barry R. Chiswick

Barry R. Chiswick

The economics of language offers important lessons for how Europe can best integrate migrants

Lagarde on European migrant crisis

Learning language

A Ride in Rough Waters

Raju Huidrom, M. Ayhan Kose, and Franziska L. Ohnsorge

Emerging markets buoyed the world after the global financial crisis, but are now in a major slowdown

Transmission Troubles

Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Christian Ebeke, and Anne Oeking

Heavy inflows of remittances impair a country’s ability to conduct monetary policy

Capital Buffers

Jihad Dagher, Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Lev Ratnovski, and Hui Tong

How much capital banks need is an important public policy question

Dollar Dependence

Luis A.V. Catão and Marco E. Terrones

The move away from domestic dollar use ended in most emerging markets after the global crisis, but not in Peru

Hidden Value

Hidden Value

Edward F. Buffie, Michele Andreolli, Bin Grace Li, and Luis-Felipe Zanna

Public-private partnerships have been criticized as too costly, but when the whole economic picture is considered, they look much better

Public-private partnerships

STRAIGHT TALK

Knowledge as a Public Good

Sharmini Coorey

Sharmini Coorey

The IMF is using technology to boost understanding of economic policy issues

From the Editor

A Tale of Two Tellers

This issue of F&D focuses on how technology is driving growth. We look at the power of smart machines and artificial intelligence to transform economic life.­

Currency Notes

A Winning Note

Currency

Niccole Braynen-Kimani

Kazakhstan’s tenge has won several awards for best currency design

Book Reviews

The Curse of Cash, Kenneth S. Rogoff

Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy, Robert H. Frank

Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent, Brooke Harrington

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