In recent decades, rising living standards and literacy rates, as well as the increased availability of higher education, have resulted in an improved human...
Date posted: November 14, 2012
Summit on the Global Agenda
12-14 November - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| Recorded sessions - English | جلسة مسجلة |
November 12 | November 13 | November 14 |
Session Summary
Global Growth Challenges: Regional Responses
What will shape the global economic outlook in 2013 and how will these factors impact the employment crisis, particularly among youth?
Date posted: November 13, 2012
Blog
Welcome to the chronic phase of the public debt crisis
In the aftermath of financial crises over the past century, the real value of public debt exploded higher by 86% on average relative to pre-crisis levels. If the IMF’s projections are correct, public debt levels in the G20 economies will peak in 2014 at 122% of GDP, a mere 53% higher than 2007’s pre-crisis levels.
The situation looked far worse a year ago when participants named public debt crises as the ignominious victor in the...
Date posted: November 13, 2012
Blog
Can resource scarcity help drive responsible mining?
According to a World Economic Forum survey, resource scarcity ranked 4th in terms of “what to expect” in regards to upcoming trends. But, survey respondents were split on whether the issue deserves more public attention.
Heightened concern over resource scarcity is not a surprise. Even if scarcity is experienced on a short- to medium-term basis, and is therefore only temporary, the experience is real and often felt directly by...
Date posted: November 13, 2012
Blog
The promise of an ageing population
The largest, most transformative demographic shift the world has ever experienced has now fully taken hold. We are in a period of dramatic change where there are more people over 60 than under 14 globally, dependency ratios are creeping over 50% throughout the world, and age-related entitlement spending is bankrupting public and private economies.
Until...
Date posted: November 13, 2012
