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Pandemic will strengthen support for digital identity

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Legal identity for all is one of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Digital currencies lag puts crypto investors at risk

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INTERNATIONAL

Some 87 countries, accounting for over 90% of global GDP, are exploring the potential of central bank digital currencies

Internet shutdowns raise risks across Global South

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Governments across the developing world are regularly shutting down online communication to restore political control

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

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Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

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Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

Africans will increase digital payment use

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AFRICA

Digital transactions are on the rise, even where internet access lags

Crypto crash boosts central bank digital currencies

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The crash of stablecoin TerraUSD is the latest casualty of the ongoing upheaval in the cryptocurrency ecosystem

Internet shutdowns fuel digital authoritarianism

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Internet shutdowns are returning to pre-pandemic levels across all major developing regions

AI augmentation and automation will alter job markets

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AI will lift global economic productivity over the coming decades, but also transform labour markets

The pandemic has worsened global cooperation prospects

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Economic stagnation and employment or livelihood crises are most feared by executives surveyed worldwide