Expanding Middle Class Key for Indonesia’s Future
Expanding the middle class can help Indonesia grow faster and share
prosperity more broadly across the population, according to a report released
today by the World...
Destructive Cyberattacks as Top Cyber Risk: Is Business Ready for an Extinction-level Event?
In an era of technological
transformation and cyber everywhere, the attack surface is exponentially
growing as cyber criminals attack operational systems and backup capabilities
simultaneously in highly...
Latin America and the Caribbean experience slight increase in unemployment
The labour
markets of Latin America and the Caribbean are going through a moment of
uncertainty, which can be seen in a slight rise in the...
Digital technologies: Democracy under threat according to Kofi Annan Commission
Annan Commission calls for urgent action by governments, business and
civil society to protect democracy from digital threats. The final report of
the Commission sets out...
Teenagers’ career expectations narrowing to limited range of jobs
Huge changes to the world of work over the
past two decades have made little impact on teenagers’ career expectations,
which have become more concentrated in...
US Dealmaker Optimism Holds Strong as Economic Slowdown Talk Continues
The market is entering a new decade on the outer edges of the longest
run in M&A history, but even so, dealmakers are largely anticipating...
The Reskilling Revolution: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Education for a Billion People by 2030
The World Economic Forum today launches Reskilling Revolution, a multistakeholder initiative aiming to provide better education, new
skills and better work to a billion people...
Forgotten Your Password? Not Having One Will Make You Safer
A new report released by the World Economic Forum finds that freeing
ourselves of passwords will actually make us safer and businesses more
efficient. Cybercrime is...
Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people
Almost half
a billion people are working fewer paid hours than they would like or lack
adequate access to paid work, according to a new International...
CEO pessimism over global growth reaches record high
As we enter a new decade, CEOs are showing record levels of pessimism in
the global economy, with 53% predicting a decline in the rate...