Dispatch from the Digital Planet: December 2025

Check out the latest research insights, analyst spotlights, and news from Digital Planet.

An AI Bust May Not Be All Bad News: Bhaskar Chakravorti

The boom makes it hard for competitors to step away from a treadmill of continuous acceleration.

The “Burn-to-Earn” Index: The Global Digital Economy’s Economic and Environmental Impact and Tradeoffs
DIGITAL EVOLUTION INDEX 2025

From the Covid Shock to AI Surge: How 125 Digital Economies Around the World Are Evolving and Changing

Everything Connected: Building Systems to Create Jobs | The Development Podcast: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Job creation is the north star for the World Bank Group. In this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore how building interconnected ecosystems across agribusiness, digital access and infrastructure can generate large-scale, sustainable employment.

Expert Decodes A.I. Bubble Theory & Its Impact

The AI bubble may be inflated by fear and hype — but real change is coming. The questions are: are tech companies ready, can the economy sustain the spending, and how will we measure value?

What is “small AI" and Why Does it Matter for Developing Economies?

The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world.

Can AI become your startup co-founder?

Can AI become your startup co-founder? This video examines if artificial intelligence can truly partner in building a business — from ideation to execution.

Defeating Disinformation: Digital Platform Responsibility, Regulation and Content Moderation on the Global Technological Commons

Bhaskar Chakravorti and Joel P. Trachtman's seminal work granularly examines the complexities of balancing free speech against dangerous content on social media.

Getting Real About AI for the Bottom-of-the-Pyramid: Improving the Economic Outcomes of Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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The Emerging Geography of AI: Introducing the Top-Ranked AI Nations (TRAIN) Scorecard

The Emerging Geography of AI: Introducing the Top-Ranked AI Nations (TRAIN) Scorecard

As the Global AI race intensifies, we mapped emerging AI leadership across data, rules, capital, and innovation.

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2

Women remain under-represented in high-paying technical and decision-making roles in STEM professions – a scenario that exposes the Achilles’ heel of the entire technology industry.

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022

Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022

The under-representation of women in high-paying STEM roles is a vexing issue that exposes a systemic inertia across the industry.

Digital Evolution
Index 2025

From the COVID Shock to the AI Surge: How 125 Digital Economies around the World are Evolving and Changing.

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An AI Bust May Not Be All Bad News: Bhaskar Chakravarti

An AI Bust May Not Be All Bad News: Bhaskar Chakravarti

The boom makes it hard for competitors to step away from a treadmill of continuous acceleration.

Everything Connected: Building Systems to Create Jobs | The Development Podcast: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Everything Connected: Building Systems to Create Jobs | The Development Podcast: Bhaskar Chakravorti

Job creation is the north star for the World Bank Group. In this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore how building interconnected ecosystems—across agribusiness, digital access and infrastructure—can generate large-scale, sustainable employment.

Global Thinkers Lead the Future of Business

Global Thinkers Lead the Future of Business

In an interconnected world governed by intricate geopolitics and economic uncertainties, and fueled by technologies developing at lightspeed, today’s leaders of business organizations or those applying business innovations need to understand how business intersects with global forces. This holds true…

Expert Decodes A.I. Bubble Theory & Its Impact

Expert Decodes A.I. Bubble Theory & Its Impact

The AI bubble may be inflated by fear and hype — but real change is coming. The questions are: are tech companies ready, can the economy sustain the spending, and how will we measure value?

How to make AI more useful

How to make AI more useful

The obsession with powerful large language models overlooks the developing world.

What is “small AI” and Why Does it Matter for Developing Economies?

What is “small AI” and Why Does it Matter for Developing Economies?

Big AI” may grab headlines, but it’s “small AI”—targeted, accessible systems—that holds real-world potential for developing countries.

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