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The Future of Jobs and Skills in the Middle East and North Africa: Preparing the Region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Future of Jobs and Skills in the Middle East and North Africa: Preparing the Region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Africa Competitiveness Report 2017
The Africa Competitiveness Report was first published in 1998 and has, since 2007, been a biennial project highlighting areas that require policy action and investment to ensure Africa’s ...
The Future of Jobs and Skills in Africa: Preparing the Region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
With more than 60% of its population under the age of 25, sub-Saharan Africa is already the world’s youngest region today – and, by 2030, will be home to more than one-quarter of the worl...
Beyond Organizational Scale: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Systems Change
For a sector that has long been obsessed with the holy grail of organizational scale, the social entrepreneurship sector is now coming to terms with the limits of organizational growth. T...
Value in Healthcare: Laying the Foundation for Health System Transformation
The World Bank estimates global population sizes of approximately 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.2 billion by 2040. As recently as 2014, the United States and United Kingdom spent approximatel...
The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017
The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index measures “the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable development of the travel and tourism sector, which in turn, contributes...
Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2017
· The Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2017 ranks 127 countries on their ability to deliver secure, affordable, sustainable energy
The Future of Electricity: New Technologies Transforming the Grid Edge
The electricity landscape is a prime example of the Fourth Industrial Revolution as it undergoes a transformation, becoming more complex than ever before with rapidly evolving technologie...
Shaping the Future of Construction: Inspiring innovators redefine the industry
3D-printed houses, automatically designed hospitals, prefabricated skyscrapers — once futuristic dreams are now a reality as described in the new report Shaping the Future of Construction
The Future of Humanitarian Response 2017
In 2015, the World Economic Forum began working with leaders from across sectors to develop a coherent conversation around humanitarian issues. Since then, the Forum has brought together ...
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017: Responsive and Responsible Leadership
Convening under the theme Responsive and Responsible Leadership, leaders participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017 focused on five critical challenges – strengthening ...
The New Plastics Economy: Catalysing action
This report provides a plan for the global plastics industry to take action across all types of plastic packaging, to design better packaging and increase recycling rates.