The UN came of age with the nuclear bomb. Time for it to step up to the AI era

In an age of rapid technological change, we frequently create and use technologies designed to amplify our greatest ambitions as a global community – only to find that they lead to consequences we never imagined or intended.

Globalisation, automation and the history of work

The economy appears to be on the cusp of a third great transformation, driven by globalisation and automation. In a guest article, Richard Baldwin argues that the first step in thinking clearly about the future of work is to look at its historical transformations.

The impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development

Innovators, eminent scientists and governments at the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (13-17 May 2019) will weigh-up the opportunities and risks that frontier technologies bring to the sustainable development agenda.

The State of Commodity Dependence 2019

As commodity dependence negatively affect a country's economic development, it is important to monitor and analyse its evolution around the world. Together with providing statistics on commodity dependence for 189 countries, such is the task of the 4th edition of the biennial State of Commodity Dependence report.