Blogs and Opinions
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Access to healthcare: Why we need to prioritize women and girls
Saturday 28th of May 2022
Every year on 28 May, as the world marks the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, the health of women and girls comes into sharp focus. It is essential, however, to prioritize women’s and girls’ health and healthcare every day. Global and local communities need to take the necessary steps to improve their financial and social security and bridge the gaps in the provision of essential health services.
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What I learned at Davos 2022: a financial futures expert explains
Saturday 28th of May 2022
The mood at Davos was the gloomiest since 2009. The war in Ukraine, surging inflation, tightening monetary policies, dismal markets, crypto unravelling, and a long economic hangover from COVID-19 are disorienting investors and business leaders. The quotidian chaos of markets is challenging even the steadiest hand.
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COVID-19 is far from over. How can the private sector continue to help fight it?
Friday 27th of May 2022
When we look back at global COVID-19 vaccination in a few years’ time, how will it be considered in terms of public-private cooperation?
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How business can hardwire change to deliver on racial justice
Friday 27th of May 2022
Two years ago, this 25 May, the murder of George Floyd – an unarmed Black man killed by a police officer in Minneapolis – sparked a global reckoning and movement for racial justice in multiple sectors, including business. More than 60 organizations across 13 industries with more than 5.5 million employees worldwide have since committed to building more equitable and just workplaces as part of the Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative – a global coalition led by the World Economic Forum. Now, keeping momentum needs action amid other priorities, such as COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, vying for our attention.
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YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki on the creator economy, competition, and staying ahead of misinformation
Friday 27th of May 2022
YouTube is one of the world’s largest digital media platforms, but with its increased scale comes increased attention from bad actors and misinformation. YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki discussed that challenge and shared the strategies the company is using to balance free speech and public trust in a special one-on-one session at the Annual Meeting in Davos.
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Special Address at Davos 2022 by Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany, in full
Thursday 26th of May 2022
Ladies and gentleman,
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This is the future of work, according to experts at Davos 2022
Thursday 26th of May 2022
A digital skills shortage could slow down the green transition, while boosting investment in care work could aid the global economic recovery.
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Davos 2022 – what just happened? 9 things to know
Thursday 26th of May 2022
That’s a wrap for Davos 2022.
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What you need to know about monkeypox
Thursday 26th of May 2022
From 13-21 May, there were at least 92 laboratory-confirmed cases and 28 suspected monkeypox cases, according to the WHO. Cases have been reported in more than 18 countries in which the monkeypox virus is not endemic.
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India at Davos 2022: 5 highlights from the annual meeting
Thursday 26th of May 2022
With nearly 100 participants and dozens of political leaders, India presented its position on critical global issues like the energy crisis, food security, and health equity at the Forum’s 2022 annual meeting in Davos. Over the week, leaders placed a renewed focus on India’s rising economic opportunity while disclosing its plans to ramp up green energy capacity and technological innovation.
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These doctors are using boats to bring healthcare to a remote African archipelago
Thursday 26th of May 2022
Umra Omar runs a very unusual medical practice, ministering to the needs of 3,000 patients living across 6,474 square kilometres and 65 islands on the north coast of Kenya. She calls her team the Safari Doctors.
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Ray Dalio: Understanding history – and where the next ‘economic bite’ might come from
Thursday 26th of May 2022
In 50 years of global investing, Ray Dalio has learned we’re often surprised by things that have not happened before in our lifetimes. This led the Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater Associates to study 500 years of history, uncovering patterns that emerge, decade after decade, triggered by economic swings, social change and global conflict.
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‘This is a war for our identity’: Q&A with Ukraine’s foreign minister
Thursday 26th of May 2022
Q: Hello everybody, my name is Hadley Gamble. I’m a CNBC senior anchor and international correspondent. It’s fantastic to welcome you all here to the World Economic Forum, and to welcome this gentleman, His Excellency, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Sir, thank you so much for joining us at such a crucial time for your country and thank you all for coming. I want to kick off by asking you to respond directly to the comments made, just a couple of days ago by Henry Kissinger. He’s essentially said that Ukraine must give up territory in order for Vladimir Putin to save face.
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How digital tech can turbo-charge the social economy
Thursday 26th of May 2022
Social entrepreneurs matter now more than ever. Purpose-driven social enterprises, which measure success by the good they do rather than the profits they make, have been on the front line in reducing inequality, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in helping mitigate the impact of climate change.
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How can hybrid working drive diversity and productivity?
Thursday 26th of May 2022
Real estate has been catapulted onto the C-Suite agenda. The growing flow of workers returning to the office is forcing companies to review their entire workplace strategy. CEOs and CFOs are balancing the costs of the physical workplace against the benefits of having employees come together in one place. Research shows conclusively that the better the workplace, the more time employees want to spend there; the right type of space, in the right place, is key to attracting and retaining talent.
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5 strategies to navigate the shifting frontiers of the energy transition
Thursday 26th of May 2022
This article was first published in The Strait Times
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Why collaboration through platforms is important for tackling the climate challenge
Thursday 26th of May 2022
There have been many lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, but none more pronounced than the need for collaboration. We have all had to work together as individuals and organizations to identify the way forward. This spirit now needs to be transposed to tackling climate change, the world’s most pressing existential issue.
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Day 4 at Davos 2022 – your audio briefing
Thursday 26th of May 2022
On Day 4 of Davos 2022, Peter Prengaman, Climate and Environmental News Director at the Associated Press, gives us his impressions of his first Davos. We hear from the IMF’s Gita Gopinath and others on the prospects for global growth; we find out what schoolgirls in a refugee camp in Kenya want to hear from leaders at Davos 2022; and hear acclaimed musicians Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax at the Davos concert ‘Our Shared Humanity’.
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Circular value chains in fashion: Strengthening trust in second hand markets
Thursday 26th of May 2022
In a world where appearances matter, slipping into a new dress or pair of jeans or showing off a new purse can be a big confidence booster. However, clothes that are new to you do not necessarily have to be brand new – they might have been pre-loved.
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How the metaverse can be a force for good in an uncertain world
Thursday 26th of May 2022
Metaverse has a potential to play a broader role in society through its ability to open our horizons, interact with those that we could not have met in the real world, experience new places, access public services and healthcare, and, overall, create an extension of the real world that we live in, to help us discover ways to make it better.
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The story of Day 3 at Davos 2022
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Ukraine and the economy remained headline issues on Day 3, but the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting also looked hard at technology and health – and came live from space.
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Why refugees need a better chance at professional development
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
While many put their life plans on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, one individual made the most of every moment. During a full-time job as a construction labourer, he collected fossils and took them home to examine after work. He built a telescope from everyday objects in his kitchen and used it to monitor comets. He built a microscope to observe his environment in detail and connected it to his phone to track organisms, electrical currents and water movement. Despite his long hours working in construction, his thirst to explore nature was unquenchable.
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Davos 2022: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella on the metaverse, hybrid work and leaders’ changing roles
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
What role should business play in our lives? Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella participated in a wide-ranging talk with World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman, Professor Klaus Schwab on the changing expectations for leaders, and how it has adapted to shifts such as COVID and hybrid work. He also explains how technology businesses can help protect people and how it has responded to challenges such as the Ukraine conflict.
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Why we need more female voices while addressing humanitarian crises
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
More people around the world are facing humanitarian crises than ever before. An estimated 274 million people will need humanitarian aid in 2022, according to The United Nations Office for Coordination in Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). While challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, violent conflicts, forced displacement and climate change affect humanity on a widespread scale, they disproportionately impact the most vulnerable, especially women and girls. They also highlight and compound existing gender health inequalities.
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This survivor gave a powerful message about sexual violence at Davos 2022
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
A survivor of sexual violence in war has given a powerful message to Davos about its impact – and called for greater global action to tackle it and to help survivors.
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Will the battle for space happen on the ground?
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
While space activities generate multiple benefits to Earth from supporting the UN SDGs, providing weather forecasting, and innovating to stop climate change, they are also exposed to potential vulnerabilities and security risks that need managing.
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How Africa’s free trade area is an opportunity for recovery and development
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
With a growth rate of 4.5% in 2021, sub-Saharan Africa’s economy was starting to recover from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic but this progress has been jeopardized. The war in Ukraine has increased the global prices of key commodities. Most notably, surging oil and food prices are straining the fiscal balances of many countries and have increased food insecurity concerns. Worryingly, 39 million more people fell into extreme poverty in 2020 and 2021, reversing a long-term trend of decreasing poverty.
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Why collaboration is key for a sustainable world
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
“I started my company for the sole purpose of making money,” said no entrepreneur ever. In our world of ever-growing complexity, companies continue to be founded to solve a problem in society. An often-exclusive focus on profit, however, has often distorted companies from their mission, and their purpose.
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Who will govern the metaverse?
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
This article first appeared on CGTN Opinion.
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How do we resolve interdependent global challenges in a fragmented world?
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
We are at a hinge point in history. The displacement and destruction arising from COVID-19 and the invasion of Ukraine have sealed the passing of the post-Cold War world. Moreover, these acute shocks have revealed and exacerbated deep societal divisions and inequities.
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Care economy: an opportunity to create jobs and close the gender gap
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
During the last two years, experts have gauged the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on various productive industries of the global economy. But the care economy, a sector profoundly affected by lockdowns, did not receive enough attention from experts.
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See your climate blind spots
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
With a plan in place to reduce carbon emissions, a company’s climate strategy is largely complete – right?
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First Movers Coalition: How investing in tech could save the climate
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
More than 50 companies and nine countries – representing more than 40% of global GDP – have committed to clean up the world’s most carbon-intensive industry sectors through purchasing power and policy for low-carbon technology.
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Approaching health equity from all angles
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Imagine a world where everyone is able to achieve optimal health. A world where prevention, early detection and delivery of healthcare are well connected end-to-end. A world where people can access highly personalized treatment, at the right time, in the right place. A world where we collectively achieve health equity.
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The global food system is in crisis, here’s how we can stop a humanitarian disaster
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
The human tragedy that continues to unfold in Ukraine has been universally shocking. What has also become apparent is the suffering will be magnified as the repercussions are felt right across the global food system. Simply put, the war has knocked the global food system – already strained due to COVID-19 and climate change – off its axis. We risk a humanitarian disaster on a massive scale unless we urgently collaborate on tangible steps to address the impact head-on.
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Building jobs for Ukraine: How one recruitment company supported those fleeing war
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
On 24 February, when Russia invaded Ukraine, we at the Adecco Group had more than 1,700 associates and colleagues working in the region. As a people business, our crisis teams went into action to help our colleagues and associates affected by the war. We were heartbroken for them.
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Crypto crash: How the algorithmic stablecoin UST failed and what we can learn from it
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
The global economic engine is sputtering as it tries to move forward under a heavy burden – a war in Ukraine, mass supply chain disruption, questions about food security, a global pandemic still with grave consequences and the highest inflation in 40 years.
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Pfizer commits to providing patent-protected medicines in Africa
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
“Rapid and affordable access to advanced medicines and vaccines is the cornerstone of global health equity”, said Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, during Pfizer’s ambitious new launch at Davos 2022.
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How new technologies create a pathway to financial inclusion
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Financial inclusion is the cornerstone of not only a fair, equitable society but also a thriving economy. Boosting financial inclusion and access to finance can make crucial contributions to economic development, enabling social mobility and ensuring that the largest number of people can participate fully and effectively in economic life.
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3 ways technological innovation can help us meet climate goals
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
This article first appeared on Caixin Global.
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Here’s how to reap benefits of the ‘digitalization in banking’ trend
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
It’s not hard to see that digital transformation is a dominant trend driving development in banking, with Chinese banks leading through continuous investment and innovation.
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Cost of living: This chart shows how the price of products has risen in the US
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
As inflation continues to rise across the globe, the United States is on the verge of a cost of living crisis, an economist has warned.
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From medicine drones to coral cleaners: 3 ‘jobs of the future’ that are already here
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Technology is changing the world of work. In its Future of Jobs Report 2020, the World Economic Forum predicts that 85 million jobs will be displaced by automation and technology advances by 2025.
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Is Your Board an ESG Leader or Follower?
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) have become a hot topic for corporate boards. Companies face increasingly rigorous ESG reporting requirements to demonstrate their impact on people and the planet and what steps they are taking to promote diversity and equality, contribute to communities, and minimise waste, pollution, and carbon footprint.
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Post-trade evolution means looking to the digital financial assets of tomorrow
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
As digitalization transforms the global financial marketplace, firms responsible for clearing and settling transactions have an opportunity to help define a new market structure that combines the traditional securities of today with the digital assets of tomorrow.
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How attention to data privacy will stabilize our financial markets
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
It is common knowledge that 2022 is off to a difficult start for the stock market – the S&P and NASDAQ are posting stomach-clenching declines. Many pundits have speculated: Is it COVID-19? The war in Ukraine? Inflation trepidation? Supply chain issues?
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Emerging Asia faces a post-COVID inequality trap. Here’s how to avoid it
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
There are no elements of the global economy that have escaped the impact of the recent pandemic. From central bank chiefs to prudent individual savers, all of us have been subject to the forces of financial change.
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5 reasons why the G20 needs a sustainable blue economy
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
The G20 has vowed to rebuild the global economy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and to fight climate change by investing in sustainable development. Yet one of the most powerful tools available to achieve these goals is largely missing from national economic recovery plans: ocean-based climate solutions.
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What is the future of work for persons with disabilities?
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
What do a quality analyst, digital marketer, service manager, full-stack developer, tech founder, cyber cafe owner, grocery store owner, YouTuber, artist, accessibility tester and caregiver have in common? They all represent mainstream, entrepreneurial, creative and “purple sector” jobs, already being done by individuals with different types of disabilities, including severe and multiple disabilities. They also represent the areas of work unfolding for persons with disability (PwDs) in the future.
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Why we must solve today’s digital challenges before creating tomorrow’s metaverse
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Hardware and software innovations alike are creating more possibilities than ever for new immersive experiences. And the manifestation of these experiences can already be seen in operating rooms where surgeons conduct AR-assisted procedures, or in classrooms where teachers guide immersive educational trips to Mars and the ancient tombs of Egypt.
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How to disrupt cybercrime networks
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
In a speech, engineer and inventor Charles F. Kettering once pointed out, “There is a great difference between knowing a thing and understanding it. You can know a lot and not really understand anything.”
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Investing in trees: global companies are restoring forests
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Conserving and restoring degraded forest landscapes are essential to combating global climate change and preventing biodiversity loss. Learn how companies are doing their part.
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Tackling the climate crisis with innovative green technologies
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
The World Economic Forum is partnering with the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and over 50 global businesses to invest in innovative green technologies. These financing commitments will ensure new technologies are available for scale-up by 2030 and make a critical contribution to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
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How companies can accelerate and galvanize food system transformation
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
The global food system is a marvel of human achievement. It feeds 7.9 billion people, employs 40% of the world’s population, and generates a third of the global GDP. But at the same time, agriculture places a heavy burden on the environment, and the economic benefits are uneven.
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3 ways we can collaborate better for a stronger circular economy
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Circular economy solutions are critical for sustainable growth and climate action. But the circular economy hasn’t hastened as only 8.6% of the world is currently circular. This proportion needs to almost double to shrink the global carbon footprint and tackle challenges such as waste and resource depletion.
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How digitalisation and the metaverse are revolutionizing the retail industry
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
“See you in the metaverse!” is a phrase that is becoming very familiar, as it’s predicted we’ll be spending an hour a day in the virtual world by 2026.
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As NATO looks to expand, many may still wonder: how does it work?
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
When Hurricane Katrina ripped through the US Gulf Coast in 2005, one seemingly unlikely entity came to the aid of people in desperate need of food and medical supplies: a transatlantic military alliance forged in the depths of the Cold War.
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Finding common ground and collaborating for global recovery
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some important lessons about the importance of collaboration, communication, and solidarity during a crisis, especially on the road to achieving global stability.
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CFO’s need to lead on corporate sustainability. Here’s why
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
This article first appeared on CGTN.
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Empowering the next-generation manufacturing workforce through AR innovation
Wednesday 25th of May 2022
Whether it stems from the retiring workforce or challenges in hiring skilled workers, there is currently a labour shortage in the manufacturing sector.