This book is a product of the Office of the Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region of the World Bank. It is a revised and expanded version of the special focus on “Jobs and Technology,” originally featured in the October 2024 World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update.
Bharath Kumar and Yi Ning Wong provided excellent support to the research and data analysis. We are especially grateful for contributions from Alessandro Barattieri, Ergys Islamaj, and Jonathan Timmis.
The book also benefited from significant contributions by Md Mansur Ahmed (agriculture and technology analysis); Paula Marie Mella Bonilla (policy analysis); Andrés M. César (background paper on automation and manufacturing); Luc Christiaensen (agriculture and technology analysis); Piotr Lewandowski (background paper on artificial intelligence (AI) exposure); Karol Madon (background paper on Al exposure); Dinh Quoc Nguyen, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and Thuy Minh To (background papers on digital platforms); Bhavya Srivastava (agriculture and technology analysis); and Fei Yuan (labor market analysis).
Generous inputs and feedback came from Andrea Coppola, Kevin Thomas Garcia Cruz, Jaime Frias, Yashodhan Ghorpade, Aparajita Goyal, Maddalena Honorati, Jann Lay, Yanchao Li, Veronica Sonia Montalva Talledo, Albert Park, Remrick Patagan, Van Hoang Pham, Tevin Tafese, Ivan Torre, Nguyet Thi Anh Tran, and Shu Yu.
