AI WORKFORCE READINESS AS AN ECONOMIC STABILIZER: A FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH INTEGRATION IN EMERGING MARKETS

Abstract

The research deals with the variables of how AI workforce readiness is considered as an economic stabilizer and a framework for growth integration in emerging markets. It examines the impact of AI integration on economic growth, which is mediated by workforce adaptation and moderated by business stakeholders. The data for study were collected from secondary source and were qualitatively synthesized and discussed under themes. The paper found that Data, Research, and Evaluation; Manpower Development and Education; Social Safety Nets; and Place-based and Industry-Level Interventions can be adopted as framework for growth integration in emerging markets. The paper concluded with calling for leveraging on private sector data sources to fill critical gaps through Public-Private-Partnerships mechanisms; development and expansion of outcome-based “talent finance” models for workforce development that can help people access quality programmes without fully bearing the costs and risks of doing so; modernization of workforce training programmes to meet the labour market demands of the AI-driven emerging market economy, and the understanding and incorporation of human-centered dimensions of AI adoption, like beliefs and emotions into emerging economy training.