The way I hope for you to read this series is with an entrepreneurial eye
I appreciate this specific call to action, so I’ll kick us off. How will AI advances affect sectoral transformations moving people into the service sector? It will depend on where AI is a complement vs replacement for labor. In the complement case, high-quality instantaneous translations could dramatically expand the export market for services by eliminating English fluency as a barrier. In the replacement case, AI agents trained to write code could replace many routine contract software jobs.
Is there literature on skill gaps in LMI countries that is more granular than proxy metrics like years of schooling? That could be a good place to start to look for where AI complements could open up opportunities.
Higher incomes is the goal so why is it a problem if that comes from staying in agriculture? Is the idea that this tops out at a lower level than manufacturing or service-focused economies? Aren’t there some developed countries, like New Zealand, where agriculture makes up more than half of their exports?