How Generative AI is Changing the Global South’s IT Services Sector

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has kindled discussions about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to increase productivity and boost economic growth. Although the economic effects of AI have been a topic of debate for the last decade, the growing adoption of LLMs creates a new urgency for understanding the technology’s impact.

To date, most research on the economic effects of AI has centered almost entirely on the Global North, yet the diffusion of LLMs around the world economy may have significant implications both auspicious and foreboding for the Global South.