Technology & Innovation

Despite strict censorship, social media in China plays an important role in the spread of protests and strikes. Information spreads quickly between distant cities on Weibo, which increases the scope of collective action.

A large-scale debit card rollout to cash transfer recipients in Mexico led small retailers to adopt point-of-sale terminals and had a broad range of impacts on financial technology adoption, shopping behaviour, and retailer sales and profits.

Access to existing work and technical information is key to the emergence of new scientific knowledge and innovation

Lower-income countries have benefitted more from the increase in technology transfers due to globalisation

The rise of a new hub for innovation and entrepreneurship can have large, global benefits by broadening the focus of technology and hence who benefits from it.

The rich-world bias of agricultural innovation explains a large share of global disparities in technology adoption and agricultural productivity

The technology can reduce leakages in programmes, increase access to public programmes and market services, and improve the delivery of healthcare

Monitoring technologies can improve firm performance, and importantly not at the expense of workers or society

Low-income countries are disadvantaged by the introduction of new technologies due to being unable to access skilled employment opportunities