TY - Article AU - Stefan Dercon PY - 2019 T1 - Is technology key to improving global health and education, or just an expensive distraction? PB - World Economic Forum DO - https://doi.org/APO-239961 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/239961 AB - This article identifies some of the dangers of viewing the success of new technologies as inevitable in relation to health and education. While there are many reasons to be optimistic that technology will be a potential catalyst for massive positive disruption, Stefan Dercon highlights the need for this to be implemented with care and caution. ER -