The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital : Potential and Implications for South Asia
| The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital : Potential and Implications for South Asia |
| Autore | Bashir Sajitha |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | , : World Bank Publications, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Disciplina | 600 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DahlmanCarl
KanehiraNaoto TilmesKlaus |
| Collana | South Asia Development Forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Economic aspects
Technological innovations - South Asia |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1720-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- The Priorities for South Asia -- This Study -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital -- Introduction -- Converging Technologies -- Framing the Relationship between Human Capital and Technology -- From Metatrends to Classification of Technologies -- Priorities for Human Capital in South Asia -- Perspectives from the Region: Country Expert Interviews -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Building and Protecting Human Capital: The Technology Landscape for Service Delivery in South Asia -- Introduction -- Opportunities for Improving Service Delivery in Health, Education, and Social Protection -- Unequal Digital Access in South Asia: Barriers to Equitable Deployment of Technology -- Technology Landscape in Health, Education, and Social Protection in South Asia -- Data-Driven Decision-Making in the Human Development Sectors -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Deploying and Utilizing Human Capital: Implications of the Converging Technology Revolution for Employment and Innovation -- Introduction -- Impact of New Technologies on Labor Demand in South Asian Countries -- The Digitization of Innovation and the Role of Advanced Human Capital -- Technology for Local Resilience and Community Innovation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Human Capital Empowerment: The Importance of Trust, Data Safeguards, and Protection of Vulnerable Groups -- Introduction -- The Role of Trust in the Use of Technology -- Data Governance -- Governance of Converging and Dual-Use Technologies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Technology in the World Bank's Portfolio of Human Capital Projects in South Asia.
Introduction -- Breakdown of Technology Components of the World Bank's Human Capital-Related Portfolio in South Asia -- Assessment of Technology Maturity in World Bank Projects -- Implications for Future Engagement -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Scenario Planning: Imagining Alternative Futures for Human Development in South Asia -- Introduction -- Technology Metatrends -- Critical Uncertainties -- Four Alternative Futures -- Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Accelerating Human Capital Outcomes in South Asia: The Technology Agenda -- Synthesis -- Nine Action Areas for Leveraging the Converging Technology Revolution to Improve Human Capital Outcomes -- Rising to the Challenge -- Note -- Reference -- Appendix A Technology Metatrends -- Boxes -- Box 4.1 Timeline from Scientific Discoveries to Adoption of Technologies at Scale: The Green Revolution and Treatment of HIV/AIDS -- Box 5.1 National Artificial Intelligence Strategies in the South Asia Region -- Box 6.1 Methodology for Analysis of the World Bank's South Asia Project Portfolio for Human Capital -- Box 7.1 Scenario Analysis: Uses and Methods -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 Nine Action Areas in Which Technology Can Build and Protect, Deployand Utilize, and Empower Human Capital -- Figure 2.1 Relationship between Technology and Human Capital -- Figure 2.2 How Does Technology Enable Human Capital Outcomes and Vice Versa? -- Figure 2.3 Technology Classification Schema and the Human Capital Framework -- Figure 3.1 Mobile Phone and Desktop/Laptop Ownership by Income and Gender and Internet Awareness and Usage: Selected Countries, South Asia -- Figure 3.2 Human Development Technology Landscapes in Health, Education, and Social Protection Sectors, South Asia -- Figure 3.3 Account Ownership and Digital Payments: Selected Countries, South Asia -- Figure 4.1 How Technology and Other Channels Affect Jobs. Figure 4.2 Timeline from Discovery to Impact at Scale: Green Revolution (1960-2010) and HIV/AIDS (1990-2010) -- Figure 6.1 Technology in World Bank Human Capital-Related Ongoing and Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Build and Protect Pillar -- Figure 6.2 Technology in Word Bank Human Capital-Related Ongoing and Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Deploy and Utilize and Empower Pillars -- Figure 6.3 World Bank Human Development Ongoing and Pipeline Projects by Level of Technology Maturity, South Asia -- Figure 7.1 Summary of Alternative Futures Used in Scenario Planning Exercise -- Figure 8.1 Nine Action Areas in Which Technology Can Build and Protect, Deploy and Utilize, and Empower Human Capital -- Tables -- Table 2.1 Summary of Interview Responses: Kerala (India), Nepal, and Pakistan -- Table 3.1 Technologies for Improving Service Delivery for Building and Protecting Human Capital -- Table 5.1 Risks Posed by Converging Technologies -- Table A.1 Metatrend 1: Technologies for Building and Protecting Human Capital -- Table A.2 Metatrend 2: Data-Driven and Hybrid Human-Machine Technologies for Productive Activities -- Table A.3 Metatrend 3: Complex and Dynamic Innovation Ecosystems -- Table A.4 Metatrend 4: Governance of Dual-Use Technologies. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795546703321 |
Bashir Sajitha
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| , : World Bank Publications, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital : Potential and Implications for South Asia
| The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital : Potential and Implications for South Asia |
| Autore | Bashir Sajitha |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | , : World Bank Publications, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Disciplina | 600 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DahlmanCarl
KanehiraNaoto TilmesKlaus |
| Collana | South Asia Development Forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Economic aspects
Technological innovations - South Asia |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1720-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- The Priorities for South Asia -- This Study -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 The Converging Technology Revolution and Human Capital -- Introduction -- Converging Technologies -- Framing the Relationship between Human Capital and Technology -- From Metatrends to Classification of Technologies -- Priorities for Human Capital in South Asia -- Perspectives from the Region: Country Expert Interviews -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Building and Protecting Human Capital: The Technology Landscape for Service Delivery in South Asia -- Introduction -- Opportunities for Improving Service Delivery in Health, Education, and Social Protection -- Unequal Digital Access in South Asia: Barriers to Equitable Deployment of Technology -- Technology Landscape in Health, Education, and Social Protection in South Asia -- Data-Driven Decision-Making in the Human Development Sectors -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Deploying and Utilizing Human Capital: Implications of the Converging Technology Revolution for Employment and Innovation -- Introduction -- Impact of New Technologies on Labor Demand in South Asian Countries -- The Digitization of Innovation and the Role of Advanced Human Capital -- Technology for Local Resilience and Community Innovation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Human Capital Empowerment: The Importance of Trust, Data Safeguards, and Protection of Vulnerable Groups -- Introduction -- The Role of Trust in the Use of Technology -- Data Governance -- Governance of Converging and Dual-Use Technologies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Technology in the World Bank's Portfolio of Human Capital Projects in South Asia.
Introduction -- Breakdown of Technology Components of the World Bank's Human Capital-Related Portfolio in South Asia -- Assessment of Technology Maturity in World Bank Projects -- Implications for Future Engagement -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Scenario Planning: Imagining Alternative Futures for Human Development in South Asia -- Introduction -- Technology Metatrends -- Critical Uncertainties -- Four Alternative Futures -- Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Accelerating Human Capital Outcomes in South Asia: The Technology Agenda -- Synthesis -- Nine Action Areas for Leveraging the Converging Technology Revolution to Improve Human Capital Outcomes -- Rising to the Challenge -- Note -- Reference -- Appendix A Technology Metatrends -- Boxes -- Box 4.1 Timeline from Scientific Discoveries to Adoption of Technologies at Scale: The Green Revolution and Treatment of HIV/AIDS -- Box 5.1 National Artificial Intelligence Strategies in the South Asia Region -- Box 6.1 Methodology for Analysis of the World Bank's South Asia Project Portfolio for Human Capital -- Box 7.1 Scenario Analysis: Uses and Methods -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 Nine Action Areas in Which Technology Can Build and Protect, Deployand Utilize, and Empower Human Capital -- Figure 2.1 Relationship between Technology and Human Capital -- Figure 2.2 How Does Technology Enable Human Capital Outcomes and Vice Versa? -- Figure 2.3 Technology Classification Schema and the Human Capital Framework -- Figure 3.1 Mobile Phone and Desktop/Laptop Ownership by Income and Gender and Internet Awareness and Usage: Selected Countries, South Asia -- Figure 3.2 Human Development Technology Landscapes in Health, Education, and Social Protection Sectors, South Asia -- Figure 3.3 Account Ownership and Digital Payments: Selected Countries, South Asia -- Figure 4.1 How Technology and Other Channels Affect Jobs. Figure 4.2 Timeline from Discovery to Impact at Scale: Green Revolution (1960-2010) and HIV/AIDS (1990-2010) -- Figure 6.1 Technology in World Bank Human Capital-Related Ongoing and Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Build and Protect Pillar -- Figure 6.2 Technology in Word Bank Human Capital-Related Ongoing and Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Deploy and Utilize and Empower Pillars -- Figure 6.3 World Bank Human Development Ongoing and Pipeline Projects by Level of Technology Maturity, South Asia -- Figure 7.1 Summary of Alternative Futures Used in Scenario Planning Exercise -- Figure 8.1 Nine Action Areas in Which Technology Can Build and Protect, Deploy and Utilize, and Empower Human Capital -- Tables -- Table 2.1 Summary of Interview Responses: Kerala (India), Nepal, and Pakistan -- Table 3.1 Technologies for Improving Service Delivery for Building and Protecting Human Capital -- Table 5.1 Risks Posed by Converging Technologies -- Table A.1 Metatrend 1: Technologies for Building and Protecting Human Capital -- Table A.2 Metatrend 2: Data-Driven and Hybrid Human-Machine Technologies for Productive Activities -- Table A.3 Metatrend 3: Complex and Dynamic Innovation Ecosystems -- Table A.4 Metatrend 4: Governance of Dual-Use Technologies. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821540903321 |
Bashir Sajitha
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| , : World Bank Publications, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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