Reports

The Global Risks Report 2019

The Global Risks Report 2019 is published against a backdrop of worrying geopolitical and geo-economic tensions. If unresolved, these tensions will hinder the world’s ability to deal with...

15 January 2019

Future of Consumption in Fast-Growth Consumer Markets: India

This report sheds light on one of the fastest growing economies in the world - India. By 2030, India will see a tremendous jump in consumer spending driven by increased incomes, a billion...

7 January 2019

No Such Thing as a Commodity: Routes to higher value added for SMEs in developing and least developed countries

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important actors in all economies and key to policies for inclusive growth, innovation, productivity and job creation. However, they tend to ...

20 December 2018

The Global Gender Gap Report 2018

Gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies thrive. Ensuring the full development and appropriate deployment of half of the world’s total talent pool has a vas...

17 December 2018

Value in Healthcare: Accelerating the Pace of Health System Transformation

In a world characterized by an ageing population, more and more people suffering from long-term chronic disease, and ever-increasing healthcare costs, improving healthcare value by delive...

13 December 2018

Our Shared Digital Future Building an Inclusive, Trustworthy and Sustainable Digital Society

Our Shared Digital Futures is a publication shaped by leaders from business, government, academia and civil society who collectively acknowledge the need for shared goals and coordinated ...

10 December 2018

Regional Risks for Doing Business

The World Economic Forum has been publishing The Global Risks Report since 2006, highlighting each year the vulnerability of our increasingly networked and interconnected world to volatil...

12 November 2018

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

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