- Governing with Artificial Intelligence: The State of Play and Way Forward in Core Government Functions
Report · 17 September 2025
AI offers tremendous potential in its use by governments. It helps governments automate and tailor public services, improve decision-making, detect fraud, and enrich civil servants’ work and…
- Artificial intelligence and human capital: challenges for central banks
Report · 24 April 2025
90% of surveyed central banks struggle to recruit and retain AI specialists, with institutions caught between private sector salary competition and regulatory hiring constraints. As central banks…
- Women’s financial inclusion: AFI Educate webinar turns theory into action
Report, Strategy · 18 November 2025
The article recaps an AFI Educate webinar on mainstreaming gender in financial inclusion, which focused on turning national gender strategies into tangible market impact. Using Fiji’s Gender…
- Blockchain Technology and Application: Blockchain Adoption in Digital Libraries for the Education and Skill Development
Report · 3 June 2025
░ 1. Introduction The role of Digital Libraries is getting very essential for providing the access to the educational resources, promoting the skill development, and supporting for lifelong learning.…
- Apprenticeships increase employment, earnings, and optimism in the technology sector
Report · 27 January 2022
The technological acceleration spurred by the pandemic has significantly widened the skills gap, disproportionately affecting persons of color. While coding bootcamps have emerged as a popular…
- Reimagining the broadband technology workforce
Report · 22 December 2022
While recent headlines have focused on significant layoffs within the "Big Tech" sector, a major growth opportunity is emerging in the broadband industry, fueled by historic federal investments…
- Could Big Tech’s move to permanent remote work save the American heartland?
Blog · 25 May 2020
Last week, Facebook announced that as many as half of its employees could permanently work from home in the coming years, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend traditional office routines.…
- Gone digital: Technology diffusion in the digital era
Report, Blog · 20 January 2022
Productivity growth allows economies to increase output without increasing inputs and is a key driver of economic growth and of income per capita. However, productivity growth has been slowing in…
- How does tech policy fall short in protecting people with disabilities? | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 7 August 2022
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with…
- Can digital technology education improve gender equality in ICT careers in Kenya?
Blog · 28 August 2022
Around 10 years ago, multimillion-dollar information communication technology (ICT) companies like Lyft, Pinterest, Slack, and Uber were nonexistent. Today, certain aspects within the industry have…
- How Regional Technology Hubs can advance inclusive innovation
Report · 16 June 2024
In October 2023, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) designated 31 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs). This summer, the EDA expects to award implementation grants of…
- Population dividend, technological leapfrogging, and high growth rates signal opportunities for African economies
Report, Podcast · 8 July 2025
Host Landry Signé speaks with Acha Leke, chairman of McKinsey & Company’s Africa Region and senior partner in their Johannesburg office, about Africa’s many advantages in human and natural resources.…