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Info Service on UN Sustainable Development (Nov26/04) Addressing the growing digital and AI divide The latest TWN Briefing Paper looks at how the World Social Report 2026 addresses the issue of the digital divide. Published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Report calls for digital transformation that is socially inclusive. Amid concern that artificial intelligence can create new forms of segregation in the labour market, there is a need to ensure that technological transformation produces decent work rather than greater insecurity. The Report identifies active labour market policies as critical tools for managing technological transitions, and advocates strengthening workers’ rights and collective bargaining in platform economies. Inclusive digital transformation also requires substantial fiscal resources, but existing tax systems struggle to capture value generated by multinational digital platforms, particularly in developing countries. The Report underlines the need for international tax cooperation, progressive taxation and more effective taxation of digital and cross-border services to mobilize revenue and redress inequalities generated by technological change. The
TWN Briefing Paper, “Addressing the growing digital and AI divide”,
is available at https://twn.my/title2/briefing_papers/twn/Digital_divide_TWNBP_Nov_2026.pdf With
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