The stories shaping the Global, Regional and Industry agendas
Ageing rural populations are losing the public transport services that keep them connected. It's time to explore ways to build sustainable mobility solutions for these communities - and now a new working group is doing just that
Globalization 4.0 presents an opportunity for Africa to position itself as a knowledge-led economy and harness its demographic dividend to address grand challenges such as climate change
When faced with environmental adversity, factors such as how well a tree integrates into its forest community and the dominant nature of the species determines whether it can successfully adjust and thrive.
Today, farming is a major climate change cause through emissions, nitrogen runoff and aquifer depletion. But it doesn't need to be this way. Here's how farms can become a key climate ally.
By seeing refugees as the economic actors that they are, we can collectively promote self-reliance and create durable solutions.
A study has found that climate change is having a detrimental effect on crop productivity around the world, reducing consumable food calories by 1% a year and negatively impacting developing countries.
67 book lists have been mined to compile the ultimate summer reading list.
The much-hyped distributed ledger technology is still in its early stages and limitations remain.
When citizens everywhere are facing potentially civilization-ending threats, multilateralism is a necessity
Entrepreneurs living in Rio de Janeiro's favelas are fighting stereotypes by offering unique and safe tourism opportunities, and social media is helping.
Published in 2013, the novel tackles the topic of e-waste in the Guangdong province of China. The author was one of The World Economic Forum's cultural leaders at the Annual Meeting of Ne...
The regulatory gray zones of China's biotech ascendancy enter the spotlight at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China.
One-size-fits-all data-use regulation like Europe's GDPR isn't appropriate for a fragmented, developing continent like Africa.
In the Nigerian state of Edo, 20,000 children have returned to school since bold educational reforms began one year ago, according to the government.
In Southeast Asia, only 33% of businesses have access to proper financing. But now a new approach to credit scoring, developed and led by fintech star-tups, could change that - and unleas...
Companies need to think beyond marketing gimmicks and celebrity endorsements to succeed in an increasingly sophisticated marketplace.
Governments and development organizations have long sought to formalise Africa's informal economy - with limited results. Could a new breed of start-up, known as bridging companies, succe...
Erratic rainfall in Kenya makes the country susceptible to long droughts and food insecurity, but an innovative new biodiesel could help combat this.
As part of a series of Forbes articles, Avery Blank discusses 6 top tips for making more time in your workday.
As Earth-based supplies decrease, the heads of tech are turning away from our home planet and looking at space to fuel the future of industry.
A few leading manufacturers are lighting the way in the adoption of digital technology.
'Born digital' companies think in fundamentally different ways to traditional ones. Here are the key takeaway principles to build your business.
As the global aviation industry continues to soar, a World Economic Forum initiative aims to speed up the passenger experience.
While rising corporate market power has had a fairly limited negative economic impact so far, if left unchecked, it could take a bigger toll on growth and people’s income.
A new study by MIT researchers puts a dollar value on all those free digital goods we use, and builds the case that online activity can and should become part of GDP some day.
New research shows more people are turning up to work when they’re ill – and the cost to business can be huge.
It's a clean and viable replacement for fossil fuels in transport, energy storage and power-to-gas applications. But public doubts around hydrogen safety are contributing to the delay in ...
