Amid the weakest average growth in three decades, AI offers developing economies a powerful path forward. Productivity Boost: 16.2% of jobs in developing countries could see meaningful productivity gains, rivalling the 18.7% projected for advanced economies. “AI has thrown developing economies a lifeline, and they should seize it,” said Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group. Local Data & Compute: Scaling computing power and creating datasets in local languages. “Developing countries that build the foundations now will be positioned to adopt and adapt AI for their people.”