Cristian Alonso

Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Work: Stronger Policies to Support Gender Equality

Unpaid work, such as caring for children, the elderly, and household chores represents a significant share of economic activity but is not counted as ...

Fiscal Policies to Address Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

Opportunities and Challenges

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing policymakers worldwide, and the stakes are particularly high for Asia and the Pacific. This pa...

Advancing India’s Structural Transformation and Catch-up to the Technology Frontier

While India’s growth has been strong in recent decades, its structural transformation remains incomplete. In this paper, we first take stock of Indi...

The Future of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa

Far-reaching changes in technology, climate, and global economic integration are transforming the world of work in ways that we do not yet fully under...

Stacking Up the Benefits: Lessons from India’s Digital Journey

Foundational digital public infrastructure (DPI), consisting of unique digital identification, payments system and data exchange layer has the potenti...

Will the AI Revolution Cause a Great Divergence?

This paper considers the implications for developing countries of a new wave of technological change that substitutes pervasively for labor. It makes ...