IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stated that strong AI infrastructure investment is sustaining global economic growth at approximately 3%, with significant benefits for Asian economies supplying hardware like Thailand. The AI investment boom could boost growth in advanced economies by 0.5–1 percentage point and emerging Asian economies by 0.2–0.8 percentage point, offsetting headwinds from energy supply shocks.
Developing nations face a triple crisis from energy price surges, severe El Niño weather patterns, and skyrocketing borrowing costs, with the UN warning that hundreds of millions could be pushed into poverty without urgent international support. Government resources are depleted from shielding populations from high fuel costs, while bond financing for developing countries has reached 9%, forcing cuts to education and healthcare spending.