High Levels of Inequality Putting Latin America’s Future Generations at Risk
Returning economic growth across Latin America could mask serious economic challenges for future generations, according to the World Economic Forum’s Inclusive Development Index (IDI)....
India’s Growth Story Since the 1990s Remarkably Stable and Resilient
The Indian economy is set to revert to its trend growth rate of 7.5 percent in the coming years as it bottoms out from...
Global Energy Transition Must Accelerate to Thwart Climate Change
A new report, Fostering Effective Energy Transition, published today by the World Economic Forum presents its Energy Transition Index 2018, benchmarking 114 countries according...
South Asia Economics Students Work Toward One South Asia
South Asia is home to a quarter of the world’s population and accounts for 36% of the world’s poor and nearly 50% of the...
Building intercultural competences in Costa Rica
In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Youth of Costa Rica, Parque La Libertad, the Costa Rican National Human Rights Institution and the...
Korea should speed up job market and social protection reforms to strengthen inclusive growth
Korea’s economy has progressed rapidly over the past 40 years, catching up with the level of well-being in most OECD countries. It now needs...
New Principles to Make Machine Learning More Human
Strong standards are urgently needed to prevent discrimination and marginalization of humans in artificial intelligence. This is the finding of a new white paper,...
Economic expansion offers Israel opportunity to move toward a more inclusive society
The Israeli economy continues to register remarkable performance, with strong growth, low and falling unemployment and sound public finances leading to the 15th consecutive...
New SIPRI brief on central Mali shows how interpretations of the conflict shape the responses
SIPRI announced the publication of a new Insights Paper, entitled ‘Central Mali: violence, local perspectives and diverging narratives’.
At a time when international—and national—actors are...
OECD sees stronger world economy, but tensions are rising
The global economic expansion is strengthening, as robust investment growth, an associated rebound in trade and higher employment drive an increasingly broad-based recovery, according...