https://aifaultline.com/authors/md-sultanul-arefin-sourav/New papers by Md Sultanul Arefin Sourav in the AI Fault Line guide, and news naming them. https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-32996-jcsts-2026-8-8-2/https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-32996-jcsts-2026-8-8-2/Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000Using World Bank WDI data across the US, China, India, Japan, and Germany, this study correlates generative-AI-enabled business analytics readiness with macro indicators (GDP growth, financial account ownership, education spending, savings) and finds digital readiness, financial inclusion, and education investment associated with stronger economic performance, with emerging economies (China, India) showing growth-oriented AI effects versus efficiency/stability effects in developed ones. For the AI-economics debate it supports the view that AI's growth dividend is mediated by complementary national infrastructure, while flagging data inequality and automation risks, though the correlational cross-country design limits causal weight.