S7 Ep14: Ideas in Development: Raghuram Rajan on AI, India, and service-led growth

This is an episode from VoxDev's new podcast series, Ideas in Development. This series has a separate podcast feed, where you can find the entire AI series.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ideas-in-development/id1866874059
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6sIdIKctE8frdWaz9iyfl2
Everywhere else: https://audioboom.com/channels/5165629-ideas-in-development
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcqy-QRDq-vD3YJ2t1rMUwx8BN1WTEA9A
Substack: https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/

What happens to a growth model built on services when AI can do some of those services itself?

Raghuram Rajan joins Oliver Hanney and Deena Mousa to discuss how India's economy grew through services exports, why that model may be more resilient to AI than critics assume, and what policymakers need to get right on human capital, universities, and digital access to stay ahead.