World Development Report 2026: The Promise of AI – Presentation of Main Findings
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In a time when development progress has dipped to its weakest pace in 75 years, artificial intelligence (AI) offers developing economies a rare path to greater prosperity. World Development Report 2026 provides the first comprehensive assessment of what AI means for these economies: how firms and governments are already using it, what is holding them back, where the largest gains may lie, and how the risks can be managed. This event explores the Report and its clear framework of adopt, adapt, and advance for the road ahead to help countries capture AI’s benefits without wasting scarce resources or deepening dependence on any single supplier. Earlier technological revolutions left much of the developing world behind. This landmark edition of the World Development Report offers developing economies a road map to prevent a repeat of that outcome. In this session, Gaurav Nayyar, Director, World Development Report 2026, World Bank Group, discusses the main findings of the report. This event is sponsored by the World Bank Group, Stanford Leadership Institute, Stanford Digital Economy Lab, and Stanford King Center on Global Development. The full program and additional links are available here: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/world-development-report-2026-promise-artificial-intelligence
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