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New Report Finds Education, Women’s Entrepreneurship, Tourism and Trade Key to Africa’s Competitiveness • The Africa Competitiveness Report 2011, jointly produced by the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, takes stock of Africa’s competitiveness • The report finds that ...
Tapping into Female Talent: Preparing for a New Growth Cycle Tapping into Female Talent: Preparing for a New Growth Cycle  BBC World News hosts this debate in partnership with the World Economic Forum Women make up half of the human capital available to any economy. Thus, promoting gender parity is more ...
Walking the Green Talk Walking the Green Talk Patricia Glyn walked 2,200 kilometres from Durban in South Africa to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in the footsteps of her ancestors. Come listen to a thrilling, amusing, heart-warming, emotional and tragic story from an ...
The Power of the Purse The Power of the Purse The projected worldwide increase of women’s income by 2013 is US$ 5.1 trillion, which is greater than China’s expected growth of US$ 3 trillion over the same time period. How is women’s increase in purchasing power ...
Women Leaders Dinner: Identifying Your Identity Women Leaders Dinner: Identifying Your Identity Increasing the representation of women on governing boards has recently been a priority for a number of companies and organizations. It is often believed that putting women in leadership positions can ...
Asia's Workforce: The Female Factor Asia's Workforce: The Female Factor The number of women and men graduating from Chinese universities has reached near parity; however, less than 20% of leadership positions are held by Chinese women. With similar trends in Japan and South ...
New Face of Leadership New Face of Leadership 16.05.2004 World Economic Forum in Jordan 2004 No real reform in Arab societies is possible unless women are brought into the process and given the opportunity to develop their potential and compete with men on ...
The Changing Role of Women in the 21st Century The Changing Role of Women in the 21st Century 06.12.2004 India Economic Summit 2004 Co-Chairs Colette Mathur, Director, India and South Asia, World Economic Forum, and Anu Aga, Director, Thermax, India, invited discussion on four ...
How Women Are Changing India How Women Are Changing India 07.12.2004 India Economic Summit 2004 Anu Aga, Director, Thermax, summarized the role of corporates towards changing the status of India. According to Aga, the corporate sector could partner with NGOs to make ...
Women and the World in 2020 Women and the World in 2020 28.01.2005 Annual Meeting 2005 The significant advance of women's equality worldwide was this session's point of departure. In her brief introduction, Gail Taylor, Co Founder, Tomorrow Makers, USA, maintained ...
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