Large, publicly traded companies in the US tend to attract the lion’s share of media, academic and public policy attention. We read and watch something about Facebook, Amazon, Google, Boe...
This excerpt is from Joanne Lipman's new book "That's What She Said". The book was chosen to launch the brand new World Economic Forum Book Club. Each month, a new book will be selected a...
In a fractured world, financial inclusion is crucial to building a shared future. Open access to financial services is fundamental to giving people the tools to better their lives. In the...
A very important question that only a select group of people want to ask: what kind of a future will the next generations face? According to a recent study, for the first time in human hi...
Americans and Germans express very different opinions about the state of relations between their two countries. While roughly two-in-three Americans characterize relations as good, a 56% ...
If you want to see the future of artificial intelligence, you don’t need to head to Silicon Valley’s tech titans – just walk on to a university campus.
The recent March for Our Lives in the United States inspired millions not just across America, but also around the world. Until the nationwide demonstrations on March 24, most people thou...
Since 1945, the United States has pursued its interests in part through the creation and maintenance of international economic institutions, global organizations including the United Nati...
African leaders have just signed a framework establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest free trade agreement since the creation of the World Trade Organisation.
In this era of machine meritocracy, the traditional systems of learning and education must be changed to match the reality of a future dominated by phenomena such as blockchain and artifi...
In the wake of the Paris agreement on climate change, cities have increasingly been seen as the laboratories where smart solutions for radically curbing global emissions are being cooked ...
Forty years ago, around 1 in 100 children were obese. Globally, it’s now close to 6. And in the UK? 20.
Since 2000, at least half of the world’s fastest-growing economies have been in Africa. And by 2030, Africa will be home to 1.7 billion people, whose combined consumer and business spendi...
The world is being battered by technological disruption, as innovations such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of Things, blockchain, 3D printing...
As São Paulo hosts the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2018, it is time to consider China’s important influence on economies and business in the region since the Forum's last meetin...
