Xiaolan Fu for PS On Point: Will Today's Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?

Don't miss a new PS Say More with Nina L. Khrushcheva and a new PS Big Picture featuring Ian Buruma, Anastassia Fedyk, Michael R. Strain, and more [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( MARCH 8, 2024 New technologies always facilitate new ways of working and consuming, but to map future trends we should look to where the different categories of digital technologies interact and reinforce one another. This task is especially urgent for developing economies, because the growth path taken by today's industrialized countries is no longer open, writes the University of Oxford's Xiaolan Fu. [Read more]( [PS Introductory Offer. Save 30% on your first year.]( [PS Longer Reads: Will Today's Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?]( [Will Today's Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?]( By Xiaolan Fu Even if AI and other innovations seem likely to fuel unemployment and deepen income inequality, no country can simply reject them outright. Instead, policymakers must navigate the complexities of various technologies' "appropriateness" to their own economies and development strategies. [Read more]( [PS Big Picture: How Resilient Is Putin?]( [How Resilient Is Putin?]( with Anastassia Fedyk, Michael R. Strain, Robin Brooks, and more As Russia prepares for another sham presidential election, the West is introducing new sanctions over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, considering seizing some $300 billion of Russian central-bank assets, and struggling to overcome political hurdles to continued support for Ukraine. How, if at all, will these developments affect Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on political power? [Read more]( [PS Say More: Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more]( [Nina L. Khrushcheva on Navalny, Putin, Russian elections, and more]( Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that seizing Russia’s central-bank assets would harm the West’s international reputation, highlights cracks in the Russian regime, calls warnings that Vladimir Putin plans to invade NATO irresponsible, and more. Khrushcheva is Professor of International Affairs at The New School. [Read more]( [PS Longer Reads: Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa]( [Making Bretton Woods Work for Africa]( By Hippolyte Fofack The recent push to reform the global financial architecture creates an opportunity to build a more inclusive system that matches Africa’s aspirations, accelerates the green transition, and advances development objectives. Most importantly, such a system must provide equal access to reliable and affordable capital. [Read more]( [PS. Explore a selection of insightful commentaries written by female contributors on issues affecting women and girls.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.