Will Automation Create Jobs, or Destroy Them?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a challenge, but also an opportunity for the region to create jobs and deepen its hard-won prosperity.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a challenge, but also an opportunity for the region to create jobs and deepen its hard-won prosperity.
By leveraging new technology, the Philippines can pave the way for sustainable and jobs-rich growth in business process outsourcing.
Digital platforms and e-commerce can raise productivity, employment, and wages in the services sector.
India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand are paving the way for technology to make governance more effective.
To offset the declining benefits of manufacturing, governments must increase the productivity of the services sector. This will boost growth and offer employment opportunities.
The threat of automation taking away jobs due to new and emerging technologies has faded from public discussion lately, but COVID-19 might be speeding up the process in an 'organic way.'
A flexible regulatory regime that can balance consumer protection with an openness to innovations that benefit consumers is key to regulating new technologies.
受过良好培训的员工更有可能促进公司创新。即使是只为员工提供最基本培训的企业,其推出新产品和实施新工艺流程的可能性也会高出近8个百分点。
A well-trained workforce is more likely to spur innovation at companies. Firms that provide even minimal training to employees are nearly 8 percentage points more likely to introduce a new product and implement a new process.
After a difficult year during the pandemic, there are encouraging signs that workers in the Philippines will not only find employment but thrive in the post-COVID-19 labor market.