While only around a quarter of development professionals identified artificial intelligence among the most important technology areas for development professionals to learn and use, most agree it is not a question of whether AI will impact development, but rather when and how. According to our survey respondents, the impact of AI will be most significant in monitoring & evaluation, followed by operations and technical assistance.

Impact of AI on Areas of Development Work

Monitoring & Evaluation

Technical
Assistance

Operations

Policy

50%

44%

41%

26%

Percentage of respondents that answered, “significant impact” to the question:
“In 10 years, to what degree will AI impact the different areas of development work?”