Exclusive | IMF Chief: AI Could Lift Global Growth By 0.8%, But Jobs Face Major Disruption

On the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Siddharth Zarabi Group Editor Business Today speaks exclusively with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Georgieva describes AI as a transformative force that could lift global growth by 0.8% but warns of significant labour disruption and widening inequality without proper guardrails. She praises India’s digital public infrastructure model as a template for democratizing AI across the Global South. The discussion also spans trade fragmentation, tariffs, climate risks and the need for global cooperation to ensure resilient, inclusive and sustainable growth.