To Resist the Robots, Invest in People
Widespread automation has yet to come to Asia's developing economies; but it will soon enough, and governments would do well to start preparing their workforces now. In addition to appropriate tax and labor-market policies, publicly provisioned vocational and skills-training programs will play a crucial role.
MANILA – A knitting factory in Bangladesh brings together the past, present, and future. On one floor, workers knit by hand. On another, people and machines do the work together. And on a third floor, there are only robots.