Labor markets & employment
Artificial Intelligence and labor markets: navigating an uncertain and fast-moving landscape
December 18 | Online
The unprecedented developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and its recent widespread availability hold transformative potential to reshape global economic dynamics and labor markets, though opinions on its impacts vary greatly.
The Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Labor Markets in the Global South
By PEP Research Fellows Veronica Amarante and Guillermo Cruces
AI technologies bring both opportunities and challenges for labor markets in the Global South. While AI holds promise for healthcare, education, and agriculture development, it also introduces new labor dynamics that could disrupt traditional employment.
Youth employment programmes need better monitoring and coordination to tackle the South African youth unemployment crisis
By Dr Jessika Bohlmann and Prof Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu of the University of Pretoria; Prof Ramos Mabugu and Dr Christelle Meniago of Sol Plaatje University; Dr Kehinde Omotoso of Teesside University International Business School (TUIBS); and Thembelihle Makhubela and Macsharry Sematla of Hand in Hand Southern Africa
A local lens to influence policies and increase women’s access to decent work in the Global South
By the Partnership for Economic Policy
Members of PEP project teams share how their local perspectives strengthened their policy analysis and influence during a recent research program into the barriers that women face in accessing decent work.
