Date posted: April 8, 2013
Summit on the Global Agenda 2012
12-14 November - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| Recorded sessions - English | جلسة مسجلة |
November 12 | November 13 | November 14 |
Session Summary
Improving Global Decision-making
The Global Confidence Index shows increasing concern over the ability of existing institutions to cope with multiple crises. As the world moves from crisis to crisis, global decision-makers face severe difficulties in developing a long-term vision for the future. How can the World Economic Forum and the Network of Global Agenda Councils help to improve global decision-making in this challenging context?
Date posted: November 14, 2012
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Dubai 2012 - Meeting Grand Challenges for the 21st Century (Arabic)
Global Agenda Council Members will share ideas and real options to address the grand challenges of the 21st century.
• Baroness Valerie Amos, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York; Global Agenda Council on Catastrophic Risks
• Céline Cousteau, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CauseCentric Productions, USA; Global Agenda Council on Oceans
• Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Director-General, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden...
Date posted: November 14, 2012
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Dubai 2012 - Closing Plenary: Improving Global Decision-Making (English)
The Global Confidence Index shows increasing concern over the ability of existing institutions to cope with multiple crises. As the world moves from crisis to crisis, global decision-makers face severe difficulties in developing a long-term vision for the future. How can the World Economic Forum and the Network of Global Agenda Councils help to improve global decision-making in this challenging context?
Keynote Address by
• Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
Remarks by
• Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy of...
Date posted: November 14, 2012
Blog
The rise of the emerging economies
As an entrepreneur and investor in an emerging economy, I have personally experienced the optimism of international money towards countries in their process to become part of the developed world.
Particularly in recent years, emerging economies have shown superior growth compared with developed ones. From 2006 to 2010, high-income countries have seen, on average, an annual increase in GDP of 3%, while emerging countries grew at 15...
Date posted: November 14, 2012
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