World Bank Targets AI-Resilient Sectors to Boost Job Creation
Jobseekers during a job fair in Buffalo, New York.
Photographer: Lauren Petracca/BloombergThe World Bank is adjusting its playbook to account for the potential impact of artificial intelligence on workers, as it seeks to boost job creation in the poorest parts of the world.
The Washington-based lender has identified tourism, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, agriculture and renewable energy as the most AI-resilient sources of employment, Chief Knowledge Officer Paschal Donohoe said in an interview in Accra on Wednesday.