Reports

The Global Competitiveness Report 2018

The new Global Competitiveness Report 2018 will be released on 17 October at 00:01 CEST.

16 October 2018

Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Water

As part of the Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for the Earth series, this paper explores the opportunity for advanced technology to help address global water and sanitation ch...

25 September 2018

Identity in a Digital World: A new chapter in the social contract

All over the world, a growing number of organizations –from the public and private sectors –are advancing systems that establish and verify digital identities for people, devices and othe...

25 September 2018

The Digital Enterprise: moving from experimentation to transformation

While enormous resources are being spent on digital transformation programs by the private sector, the results are underwhelming. According to estimates, this year over $1.2 trillion will...

18 September 2018

The Future of Jobs Report 2018

New categories of jobs will emerge, partly or wholly displacing others. The skill sets required in both old and new occupations will change in most industries and transform how and where ...

17 September 2018

Building Block(chain)s for a Better Planet

This report outlines a set of principles for developing blockchain applications for the environment, and identifies the need for global platforms to incubate a responsible blockchain ecos...

14 September 2018

Annual Report 2017-2018

The year was marked by strong achievement, even by the standards of an organization in which exceptional performance is the rule. Working to deliver against ambitious targets, the World E...

4 September 2018

The New Physics of Financial Services – How artificial intelligence is transforming the financial ecosystem

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the physics of financial services. It is weakening the bonds that have held together the component parts of incumbent financial instituti...

15 August 2018

Arab World Competitiveness Report 2018

Which country in the Arab world is the most competitive?

14 August 2018

Reshaping Urban Mobility with Autonomous Vehicles Lessons from the City of Boston

Autonomous vehicles will radically transform how people and goods are transported around cities. What steps do government leaders need to take to ensure the future of mobility remains saf...

27 June 2018

The Global Financial and Monetary System in 2030

The Global Future Council on Financial and Monetary Systems published this report singling out three key aspects of the risks and challenges associated with the two seemingly opposed forc...

25 June 2018

Antimicrobial Resistance: Tackling the Gap in R&D Resources with Pull Incentives - in collaboration with Wellcome Trust

Not enough new antibiotics are in development to guarantee that we can continue to treat infections. Current market conditions will not incentivise the investment necessary to restock the...

22 June 2018

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