21 must-read stories for the weekend

As women climb the corporate ranks, ambition wears out. Four reasons their path to the top is so stressful.

Why Asia’s economic rise will not be even. 

Investment in health boosts economic growth. Does it matter whether it focuses on women or men?

A rising tide might not lift all boats, according to new research ontrickle-down economics.

Beijing’s modern Silk Road aims to boost growth. What will it mean for China’s foreign policy?

1.1 billion people live without electricity. How renewable energy could tackle the energy gap.

Emerging economies now run the risk of submerging. Is it time for some creative destruction?

Global growth is stalling. Jump-start it by cutting the costs of trade and embracing technology.

By 2030, we will be colonising Mars, says Nasa’s chief scientist.

Counterfeiting will cost the global economy $1.77 trillion this year. How can business help to tackle the illicit economy?

The most important economist you’ve never hear of? His work lifted hundreds of millions from poverty, and he was a contemporary of Mao. He out-lived the chairman by 40 years, but never won a Nobel Prize.

Angus Deaton just won the Nobel in economics. And he writes a feisty, undercover guide to the U.S. for fellow British economists.

China’s export growth was the economic story of the past 30 years. Now that it’s slowing, will the tale end happily?

Housing booms are bad for your children. They might stop them going to university.

Many central bankers believe in ‘divine coincidence’ – that low inflation is sufficient for maximising economic growth. What if it’s not that simple?

Yet another reason to worry about global warming: it could sap your productivity.

More worrying for Russia than low oil prices? An inability to reform for investment, says the Governor of the Bank of Russia. Cites the Global Competitiveness Report. (Bloomberg Business)

The tech industry’s gender gap is not limited to Silicon Valley: Singapore’s tech start-up scene is equally skewed. Cites the Global Gender Gap Report. (CNBC)

Can ‘Big Oil’ really be part of the climate solution? The Forum’s Roberto Bocca on energy companies’ commitment. (USA Today)

Europe needs ‘Swagger’. A special series inspired by discussions at the Young Global Leaders’ Annual Summit. (CNBC)

Despite hefty reforms, Mexico’s economy remains challenged. Cites the Global Competitiveness Report. (Forbes)

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Author: Adrian Monck is Managing Director and head of Public Engagement at the World Economic Forum.

Image: People stand at the entrance hall of Bochum’s main railway station during a nationwide strike of Germany’s train drivers’ union GDL April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender