Introducing the Global AI Adoption Index: Measuring How AI Is Diffusing Across the World

October 23, 2026

In this Development talk, Holly Krambeck explores the unique challenge of turning proprietary data held across competing AI companies into a comparable public good, and how better measurement of AI diffusion can help governments understand emerging divides, target investments, and design more effective policies.

Speaker: Holly Krambeck, Program Manager of the World Bank Data Lab and founder of the Development Data Partnership

Moderator: Pierre-Alexandre Balland, Chief Data Scientist at CEPS, Growth Lab Associate