Technological Transformation

This is how robots can improve the quality of exports

A little girl greeting a robot in Kuromon Market, Osaka, Japan.

Robots are very much integrated into societies in many countries. Image: Andy Kelly/Unsplash

Timothy DeStefano
Economist, Harvard Business School, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH)
Jonathan Timmis
Economist, Office of the Chief Economist for East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank
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Robot diffusion in the top five developed and developing economies
Robot diffusion has increased in the past decade in many countries. Image: VoxEU

Effect of robot adoption on export quality: All countries, developing and developed
Developing countries have the most effect of robot adoption on export quality. Image: VoxEU

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