From unemployment to growing cyber-risk: Business executives have different worries
There are significant differences in risk perceptions across the eight regions covered in the World Economic Forum’s Regional Risks for Doing Business report. Over...
Emerging, Developing Economies to Face Challenges if Global Inflation Rises
Further upward acceleration of global inflation from record low levels may impair efforts in emerging and developing economies to sustain the low inflation environment...
China: A Watershed Moment for Water Governance
Effective management of water resources is central to China’s economic prosperity. Despite significant investments in water management and infrastructure, more tangible innovative policies and...
African economies sustain progress in domestic resource mobilisation
Africa has sustained gains in domestic resource mobilisation made since 2000, as tax revenues remained stable in 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Africa...
China and Europe post double digit increases in R&D spending
Annual worldwide corporate R&D spending increased by 11% in 2018, totaling US$782bn in annual investment, based on an annual analysis of the 1000 largest...
More needs to be done to bridge the digital gender divide
Barriers to access, education and skills, as well as ingrained socio-cultural biases, are driving a digital gender divide that is holding back women’s participation...
Report: Growing Exponentially, Floating Solar Opens Up New Horizons for Renewable Energy
Floating solar technologies are creating major new opportunities to scale up solar energy around the world, particularly in countries with high population density and...
Korea should improve the quality of employment for older workers
Korea should reform its employment regulations and improve social protection in order to make work more rewarding for older workers and tackle old-age poverty,...
Major oil and gas exporters face unprecedented challenges in years ahead
Major oil and gas exporters have weathered many upheavals in recent decades but a renewed commitment to reform and economic diversification will be vital...
Regional Cooperation Can Help Asia Tackle Rising Cross-Border Challenges
Regional cooperation is increasingly necessary to tackle a rising number of cross-border challenges in Asia and the Pacific, including infrastructure gaps, trade connectivity, financial...