Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Thursday called for progressive taxation and government policies, including universal healthcare, to shield workers from job losses in the advent of newer technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence. In the \u2018Asian Development Outlook 2018\u2019 released in April, ADB had said that workers need to upskill or face the risk of lower wages and even unemployment as the application of new technologies will boost productivity but displace certain jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need policies to support people who are behind the technological development and some people may lose jobs as they are not trained. We need to support people income, not the basic income, but to provide the minimum protection of life to the people. Also we need (to provide) universal healthcare to those people and education for kids of those people,\u201d Nakao said at a press conference on the eve of the 51st annual meeting of the ADB.<\/p>\n
He suggested that policymakers need to address the risk of job losses by way of providing adequate training and education and skills. Stating that inequality is growing in countries, he advocated for a \u201cmore progressive system of taxation\u201d including levy of individual income tax, inheritance tax and property tax. \u201cI think how to look at tax system to adapt to the new reality over growing inequality is a very important political issue for countries,\u201d Nakao said. \u201cWe cannot just let market decide everything. We need proper redistribution system by taxes. For instance, China needs more stronger individual taxation system to cover more people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Asian Development Bank is formulating its long-term \u2018strategy 2030\u2019 to deal with climate change and gender issues as well as the impact of technology on jobs. The strategy paper would be discussed by the bank\u2019s board later this week, adopted by the end of this year. In the draft \u2018strategy 2030\u2019 document, ADB said income inequality has risen in several countries and social disparities remain.<\/p>\n
\u201cClose to 80 per cent of the region\u2019s population lived in countries with widening inequality between the 1990s and 2000s. Poverty incidence remains higher in rural than urban areas, and significant disparities exist in school participation and learning achievement and in access to electricity, water sources, and sanitation. \u201cSystemic gender gaps in productivity, wages, and income poverty persist, particularly in households headed by women. Growing inequality could undermine social cohesion, endanger social and political stability, and hamper the region\u2019s economic prospects,\u201d ADB said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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