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Featured reports
The Global Gender Gap Report 2016
Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time, with a specific focus on the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics.
The Future of Jobs
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, which includes developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence and machine-learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, and genetics and biotechnology, will cause widespread disruption not only to business models but also to labour markets over the next five years, with enormous change predicted in the skill sets needed to thrive in the new landscape.
Accelerating Workforce Reskilling for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Continuous learning lies at the heart of thriving in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The skills required for most jobs are evolving rapidly but our adult education and training systems are lagging behind.
New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and Emotional Learning Through Technology
The New Vision for Education project examines the role that technology can potentially play to improve education for the future.
The Future of Jobs and Skills in Africa: Preparing the Region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
With more than 60% of its population under the age of 25, sub-Saharan Africa is already the world’s youngest region today – and, by 2030, will be home to more than one-quarter of the world’s under-25 population.
The Future of Jobs and Skills in the Middle East and North Africa: Preparing the Region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Education and work in the Middle East and North Africa region will determine the livelihoods of over 300 million people and drive growth and development for generations to come.
Featured projects
Closing the Skills Gap: Regional Skills Projects
It is now well recognized that the disconnect between education systems and labour markets, coupled with technological disruptions, is creating instability and insecurity to the livelihoods of many.
Future of Work
The significant impact that technological disruptions are due to have on the world of work means we are approaching a period of significant change.
Closing the Gender Gap: Gender Parity Task Forces
In the 10 years since the Forum began measuring the global economic gender gap it has narrowed by only 2%.