Emerging Technologies

Is technology key to improving global health and education, or just an expensive distraction?

Primary school students wear virtual reality (VR) headsets inside a classroom in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer  ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC16E4321880

Primary school students in China wear virtual reality headsets Image: Reuters

Stefan Dercon
Professor of Economic Policy, Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department, University of Oxford
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