Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI

We document three facts about the global diffusion of surveillance AI technology, and in particular, the role played by China.

How China Lends

China is the world’s largest official creditor, but we lack basic facts about the terms and conditions of its lending. Very few contracts between Chinese lenders and their government borrowers have ever been published or studied.

#146 G|O Briefing - Selected sources | Shapes of Multilateralisms

From the European Council of Foreign Relations, 9 commentaries exploring the forces reshaping multilateralism

August 14, 2023, OP-ED - Selected document | The economic potential of generative AI

To grasp what lies ahead requires an understanding of the breakthroughs that have enabled the rise of generative AI, which were decades in the making.

August 14, 2023 OP-ED - Selected document | AI and Corporate Responsibility

Seven leading AI companies Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI, have agreed on voluntary commitments to help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of AI technology.

Briefing # 145 - Selected document | Proposed roadmap to build on key milestones of the international agenda as a follow-up to the Summit on a New Global Financing Pact

13 economists at One Planet Lab propose solutions to our current global challenges.

June 29, 2023 OP-ED - Selected document | Deindustrialisation and ‘Thatcherism’: moral economy and unintended consequences

The first period of the Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher in 1979-1983 saw an extraordinary acceleration of de-industrialisation.

Briefing # 143 - Selected documents | Global Health Threats Council & Health Emergencies Preparedness Response Documents

The GPMB Manifesto contains an interesting and valuable quiz to assess the current levels of preparedness in responding to a new pandemic.

Briefing # 142 - Selected document | Measuring Child Labor: the Who’s, the Where’s, the When’s, and the Why’s

Measuring child labor accurately is a major challenge. While parents’ and children’s reports tend to differ dramatically, there is typically no way to verify whose reports are truthful (if any).

Briefing # 139 - Selected document | WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All. Health for all: transforming economies to deliver what matters

"Physical and mental wellbeing for all people must be a central goal of economies, not just a stepping stone to other objectives."