AI adoption among frontier firms worldwide: an original dataset
WBG · with L. Olarte & L. Graf
Eveline Smeets
Economist at World Bank Group. I tinker mainly with economics and technology.
Latest curiosities are science & technology and the human condition, human-machine collaboration, greek myths, piano.
Currently based in Washington DC.
Previously: Netherlands · UK · Austria · Oman · Peru · Singapore
Personal website. All views expressed are my own and do not represent the positions of my employer.
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I work on applied research on the economics of technology, now mainly artificial intelligence, and have spent a decade translating research into decisions, advising the World Bank Group venture capital investment committee (IFC) and government policies (UN).
Personal website. All views expressed are my own and do not represent the positions of my employer.
2020–now
research · investment
Economist, World Bank Group (IFC)
Economic research and investment in disruptive technology globally — advising the IFC investment committee, WBG member states, and engaging directly with product and engineering teams in portfolio companies
2019–2020
policy · operations
Junior Industrial Development Expert, United Nations (UNIDO)
Seconded from UN to Oman's Ministry of Commerce and Industry — designing industrial policies, writing policy memos and advising ministers and senior government officials, organizing the national policy consultation
2018–2019
regulation
Analyst, Morrow Sodali (Nestor Advisors)
Designed regulatory frameworks for listed companies and capital markets regulators in two EBRD client countries, in partnership with local capital market regulators and stock exchanges
2015–2017
entrepreneurship
Co-founder, Salto Peru
Founded and ran a social innovation project enabling 450+ smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs in Peru to adopt technology and access markets
2013–2014
research
Researcher, United Nations (UNIDO)
Econometric modelling and dataset development on economic transformation and jobs, contributing to UNIDO flagship publications and policy memos. (2015-2017 independent collaborator on World Development publication)
2014–2015
education
MSc Economic History, London School of Economics
Renswoude Foundation scholarship · Top 20%
2010–2013
education
BSc Economics and Business Economics, Maastricht University
Research Honors Program · Semester at NTU Singapore
research
Accelerating AI investment in emerging markets
WBG · A practical framework for investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to accelerate AI investment in emerging markets · with L. Graf & A. Nedayvoda
Manufacturing, jobs and economic growth: an original dataset and publication
World Development Journal, Elsevier · Featured in The Economist · with N. Haraguchi & C. Cheng
The impact of digitalization on the creative industries
WBG · World Economic Forum · Presented at WTO Public Forum 2023
policy
Innovation policy instruments (startup ecosystems): Peru
WBG · Country Private Sector Diagnostic
Innovation policy instruments (startup ecosystems): Chile
WBG · Country Private Sector Diagnostic
Manufacturing strategy and policy instruments: Sultanate of Oman
United Nations (UNIDO) · Industrial policy framework for economic diversification
Industrial policy instruments: Sultanate of Oman
United Nations (UNIDO) · Achieving the vision and strategic objectives of the Manufacturing Strategy 2040
Industrial policy action plan: Sultanate of Oman
United Nations (UNIDO) · Roadmap for the implementation of the Manufacturing Strategy 2040
Corporate governance regulatory standards: Croatia
EBRD · Morrow Sodali · Zagreb Stock Exchange · HANFA (Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency)
Primers synthesize the research literature on topics in technology and economics. These are updated as the research evolves.
Personal website. All views expressed are my own and do not represent the positions of my employer.
primers
AI & Jobs
A synthesis of research on AI and labor markets: theory and empirics across disciplines
AI & Productivity
A synthesis of research on AI and productivity: theory and empirics across disciplines
Preview slide available · Full primer forthcoming
Personal website. All views expressed are my own and do not represent the positions of my employer.
pensées
March of the machine makes idle minds?
A synthesis of what economics and history suggest about AI and jobs