Aug 1, 2019
IMF’s Impact of Digital Technology
The International Monetary Fund’s June 2018 article sets out policy opportunities that aim to accept and improve the digital revolution rather than ignore and repress it.
The CEOs of Thomson Reuters, Jim Smith, and of Internet Matters, Lynn St. Amour, have co-authored a piece for the World Economic Forum on the kind of interconnected digital future the world’s populations requires. It outlines how technology has the potential to transform how to stay healthy, how to travel, how to produce and consume goods and how to tackle environmental and development challenges.
Keywords: Explanations, ideas, and guidance on the societal applications of digital technology, Digital Future, World Economic Forum, Environment, Development, Challenges
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The International Monetary Fund’s June 2018 article sets out policy opportunities that aim to accept and improve the digital revolution rather than ignore and repress it.
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