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Saadia Zahidi

Closing the Gender Gap Every Day
Professor Klaus Schwab & Saadia Zahidi
On 8 March, the world celebrates the 98th International Women’s Day (IWD). Great strides have been made in closing gender gaps since its launch in 1911.....full article


2008

Klaus Schwab is founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum Brave New World
Professor Klaus Schwab
It is true that the flurry of national responses to the banking crisis by the major industrialized economies has been uncoordinated, and ineffective, with respect to the current global credit crisis....full article
Sheana Tambourgi, Director and Head of Global Risks Network

Thinking Ahead for Growth
Sheana Tambourgi
The convergence of the subprime crisis and the ensuing credit crunch, uncertainty about inflation and a slowdown in the US, Europe – or even global slowdown in 2009....full article

City Leadership: At the Heart of the Global Challenge
Paul A. Oliver
The world’s attention is now focused on cities, and for good reasons. From a global perspective cities have become the engines of economic prosperity....full article
Water:  Why we need to adapt our water use
Professor Klaus Schwab & Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
We are on the verge of a water crisis. As we continue to grow our world economy and population, we are becoming a much thirstier world. It is important to realize just how much water...full article
Image illustrating growth of the Middle East Why ‘Learning from the Future’ matters for the Middle East
Daniel Davies & Nick Davis 
It seems that futurology is becoming fashionable amongst global leaders. At the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos this year, the world’s top CEOs and public figures flocked...full article

Africa can turn food crisis into an opportunity
Stèphane Oertel
The escalating global food crisis is threatening to destroy most of the
advancements made in poverty reduction over the past decade. Based on even the most conservative estimates of food price....full article

Globe and business

Working with Governments and Civil Society
Professor Klaus Schwab
Compared to just a decade ago, it is now common for businesspeople
to talk about social responsibility and the importance of being
good corporate citizens. Many business leaders....full article



 

 

 

    
 
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