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Video: Blockchain Infrastructure for Capital Markets

23 May 2018
This session video discusses how blockchain can help organizations increase efficiency, reduce costs, and increase revenues.

Demographics and Innovation

18 May 2018
Are younger labor forces more innovative? The authors attempt to answer this question using the native-born labor force projected based on local historical births in the US. They used three successive levels of analysis to eliminate or examine effects such as firm and inventor life cycles. They…

Discussion on “Demographics and Innovation”

18 May 2018
In discussing the presentation on “Demographics and Innovation” by François Derrien, the speaker noted that the paper successfully gathered various data to control for factors that appear to be correlated with age structure and innovation. She also underscored the policy implications of coping with…

Asian Development Outlook: How Technology Affects Jobs

18 May 2018
Despite the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, job prospects in Asia are positive. Emerging technologies often automate only some tasks of a job, not the entire job. They result in the creation of non-routine, cognitive jobs, which have witnessed wage growth. Robot use, however, could…

Discussion on "How Technology Affects Jobs"

18 May 2018
The presenter noted that the regression estimates are very low in the table on changes in robot inputs and impact on employment. He also suggested further disagreggating the analysis at residence, gender, and education levels.

Information Technology Audit

18 May 2018
Information technology (IT) audit evaluates risk management, internal control, and compliance with policies. It also helps promote current and sound internal control, which is important for any institution. This presentation discusses the scope of an IT audit and some supervisory considerations…

Information Technology Governance

18 May 2018
Information technology (IT) governance consists of the leadership, organizational structures and processes that ensure that the enterprise’s information technology sustains and extends the organization’s strategies and objectives. This presentation discusses the components, drivers, and challenges…

Integrated Supervision

18 May 2018
Information technology (IT) risks have the potential to impact any and all of the business risks, especially for financial institutions. This presentation describes how IT risk is captured in a financial institution’s risk profile. It also discusses how to integrate IT risks into supervisory…

Financial Challenges of Meeting SDGs in Timor Leste

18 May 2018
Timor-Leste has several options to overcome the financial challenges that hinder it from meeting its SDG targets. It can increase its revenues by improving collections and creating additional taxes. It can also reallocate public expenditure by redirecting funds from inefficient programs. These…

Untapped Work Capacity Among Old Persons and Their Potential Contributions to the 'Silver Demographic Dividend' in Japan

17 May 2018
In this presentation, the authors have measured the untapped work capacity of old persons, using the microdata gathered in the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR), a longitudinal survey carried out on subjects aged 50–75. Their results show that the volume of untapped work capacity of…