The Briefing:
- A new IDB analysis says broad AI adoption could grow Latin America and the Caribbean's economy by 5.1% within a decade — but only 0.3% if adoption stays limited.
- Whether wages rise or fall comes down to one factor: worker mobility. Pay could climb 2.3% to 5.3% for workers who shift into AI-driven growth sectors, or fall 13.5% to as much as 20.9% for those who can't.
- The findings, previewed during UN General Assembly week in New York, come months before the IDB's full report lands in November — and the sectors most exposed mirror the ones where Latino workers are already concentrated in the U.S.
