Revealed: Why Economies Benefit from Fixing Inequality
Creating societies where every person has the same opportunity to fulfil
their potential in life irrespective of socioeconomic background would not only
bring huge societal benefits...
Seeking New Leadership: Youth Voices Say Success in New Decade Requires New Approach
The 2020s have been declared the “decade of delivery” for society to come
together and tackle the challenges ahead. To succeed in this new era...
Half of World’s GDP Moderately or Highly Dependent on Nature
Businesses are more dependent on nature and biodiversity than expected,
according to The New
Nature Economy Report, released today.
Analysis of 163 industry sectors and their...
Appetite for Change: 4 New Ideas to Incentivize Change in How We Produce and Consume Food
A
new report by the World Economic Forum, Incentivizing
Food Systems Transformation, highlights the role of incentives
to effectively shift behaviour of 7.7 billion people who produce...
Oil and gas industry needs to step up climate efforts now
Oil and gas companies are facing a critical challenge as the world
increasingly shifts towards clean energy transitions. Fossil fuels drive the
companies’ near-term returns, but...
Leading Platform Companies Commit to Principles on Good Platform Work
Leading
platform companies – Cabify, Deliveroo, Grab, MBO Partners, Postmates and Uber
– have partnered through the World Economic Forum platform to create principles
for the quality...
Social Entrepreneurs Have Improved 622 Million Lives
Over
the past 20 years, social entrepreneurs working in partnership with the Schwab
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship have improved the lives of 622 million
people around the...
4IR Tech Can Fast Track 70% of Sustainable Development Goals
2030
is the “Decade of Delivery” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – yet
the gap between where we are, and where we need to be...
Higher Productivity is Key to Thailand’s Future Economic Growth and Prosperity
Thailand’s
growth slowed to an estimated 2.5 percent in 2019 from 4.1 percent in 2018, due
to external and domestic factors. The economy is projected to...
ADB History Book Explains Asia’s Five Decades of Economic Success
Sound economic policies and strong institutions have transformed Asia
and the Pacific over the past five decades into a center of global dynamism,
according to a...