Agenda

The stories shaping the Global, Regional and Industry agendas

Global Agenda

What will the rise of online shopping in Africa mean for jobs?

Ecommerce could close the gulf between the conditions and benefits of formal work, and the simple income offered by informal work

David Porteous and Amolo Ng'weno 19 Feb 2019

International Trade and Investment

Trade is not a weapon. Let’s not use it as one

Putting up barriers to trade is not the answer to domestic economic woes and only increases the risk of conflict between nations, writes Børge Brende.

Børge Brende 18 Feb 2019

Where women lead, 4 trends for your job and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's roundup: the race to go green and the results from Finland's basic income experiment.

Adrian Monck 15 Feb 2019

Leadership

Most leaders are missing this crucial character trait

Grace is the understanding that leaders don’t achieve great things on their own; they need others to work with, who they trust and respect

Mark Dodgson and David Gann 14 Feb 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Food finally features in the climate debate. Now what?

By farming smarter we can also address undernutrition, water pollution and biodiversity loss.

Bruce Campbell 14 Feb 2019

Global Health

Access to healthcare is not enough – high quality care has to be the target

Research shows poor quality care in low and middle-income countries is probably killing more people than having no access to care at all

Harald Nusser 13 Feb 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Here’s how to make 'value-based healthcare' a reality

Powerful data analytics are paving the way to a more patient-centric and productive healthcare system

Jan Kimpen 12 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Air pollution may be affecting how happy you are

Aside from the well documented damaging effects polluted air has on our physical health, it may also be effecting our mental well-being.

Peter Howley · The Conversation 12 Feb 2019

Digital Economy and Society

Releasing trapped value is key to success in the digital world

Companies may have to rethink value creation and generate more for others than they capture for themselves

Vedrana Savic and Alison Kennedy 11 Feb 2019

Regional Agenda

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Here’s what happened when one Guatemalan town went to war on plastic waste

The Mayan town of San Pedro La Laguna is turning the tide on plastic pollution, with 80% of the town’s inhabitants no longer using plastics.

Johnny Wood 13 Feb 2019

United Kingdom

A lack of affordable homes is forcing young Britons to live with their parents

Nearly a million more young adults aged 20-34 are living with their parents, compared with 20 years ago.

Alex Thornton 13 Feb 2019

Cities and Urbanization

10 cities are predicted to gain megacity status by 2030

The vast majority of the new megacities expected to break the 10 million mark between now and 2030 are located in developing regions. But London is also predicted to join the list.

Alex Thornton 06 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

British schoolchildren to join Europe-wide protest 'strikes' over climate change

Tens of thousands of children are skipping class to demand more action to stop climate change. And their inspiration is the 16-year-old girl who took Davos by storm.

Alex Thornton 01 Feb 2019

South Africa

Why South Africa is on a path of economic renewal

With a commitment to economic and political reform, the country aims to restore the confidence of its citizens as well as domestic and international investors.

Cyril Ramaphosa 24 Jan 2019

Africa

The Sahel is engulfed by violence. Climate change, food insecurity and extremists are largely to blame

From climate change to weak governance to poor infrastructure, a perfect storm of factors is threatening to unleash violence across the region.

Robert Muggah and José Luengo Cabrera 23 Jan 2019

Mental Health

How Zimbabwe's grandmothers are turning the tide on mental health

When the African country couldn't afford a clinical diagnosis network for mental health, 400 grandmothers and a system of 'Friendship Benches' came in.

Dixon Chibanda 23 Jan 2019

India

Why the world should be watching India's fast-growing cities

India is the world's fastest-growing major economy. With two-thirds of that output driven by urban areas, it's cities are becoming outriders for green global growth.

Sangeeta Prasad 18 Jan 2019

Climate Change

On climate action, Europe must learn from its digital mistakes

When digitalization began to gather pace two decades ago, the political narrative in Europe too often cast it as a threat to jobs - and now Europe lags behind. We must not make the same m...

Werner Hoyer 15 Jan 2019

Industry Agenda

Emerging Technologies

How can we regulate disruptive technologies?

Governments should encourage innovation while protecting the interests of consumers.

Nidhi Singh 15 Feb 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This is how AI in video games will change the future of work

Winning strategy games shows the computer is able to act unconsciously, non-rationally, and quickly.

Zach Roesler 14 Feb 2019

Circular Economy

4 key steps towards a circular economy

Transforming our linear system will take leadership, collaboration, innovation and commitment to break the status quo.

Antonia Gawel 14 Feb 2019

Media, Entertainment and Information

Artificial intelligence is the future of interactive media

Spurred on by the success of Netflix's 'Bandersnatch', AI is set to be the next big thing in interactive storytelling.

Jenna Ng · The Conversation 05 Feb 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

3 things I learned at Davos 2019

This year's downbeat mood could be a good sign, as the Davos consensus tends to be a reliable contrary indicator. Here are three big finance themes from behind the scenes.

Huw van Steenis 29 Jan 2019

Entrepreneurship

Tech thinking has become too limiting – it must be disrupted

Design free-thought can break us out of the traps of ideology and commercial imperatives that have driven entrepreneurship in the past.

Jens Martin Skibsted 22 Jan 2019

Forests

2019 can be the year we begin to save the world’s forests. Here’s how

The world is making progress on deforestation - but we are still losing the battle. Could a new landscape-based approach to protecting our forests be the answer?

Kavita Prakash-Mani and Justin Adams 20 Jan 2019

Arts and Culture

How can our cultural institutions keep up with a rapidly changing world? Embrace diversity

Only 9% of visitors to American museums in 2017 were ethnic minorities - and their representation among museum workforces is not much better. Here's how our cultural institutions can star...

David J. Skorton 20 Jan 2019

Workforce and Employment

Hiring staff with disabilities makes great business sense. Here’s why

There are one billion people with disabilities in the world, yet they are half as likely to employed as their non-disabled peers. Businesses that do tap into this vast pool of underused t...

Susanne Bruyère 20 Jan 2019