Automation threatens 69% jobs in India: World Bank

Key points

• "In large parts of Africa, it is likely that technology could fundamentally disrupt this pattern.
• Research based on World Bank data has predicted that the proportion of jobs threatened in India by automation is 69 percent, in China it is 77 percent and in Ethiopia, the percentage of jobs threatened by automation is 85 percent," he said.
• Automation threatens 69 percent of the jobs in India, while 77 percent in China, according to a World Bank research which has said that technology could fundamentally disrupt the pattern of traditional economic path in developing countries.
• "As we continue to encourage more investment in infrastructure to promote growth, we also have to think about the kinds of infrastructure that countries will need in the economy of the future.
• We all know that technology has and will continue to fundamentally reshape the world," World Bank President Jim Kim said.