Reports

The Human Capital Report 2016

The Human Capital Index seeks to serve as a tool for capturing the complexity of education, employment and workforce dynamics so that various stakeholders ar...

Eyeglasses for Global Development: Bridging the Visual Divide

With 50% of the global population (and 65% of East Asia’s) expected to be short-sighted by 2050, this new report signals a first step by EYElliance, a new m...

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2016

Closing the Economic Gender Gap: Learning from the Gender Parity Task Forces

In the 10 years since the World Economic Forum began measuring the economic gender gap it has narrowed by only 3% globally. In addition to the individual act...

Enabling Trade: Unlocking the Potential of Mexico and Vietnam

The primary objective of the World Economic Forum’s Enabling Trade initiative is to ensure growth in trade and momentum for the global implementation of the ...

Shaping the ASEAN Agenda for Inclusion and Growth

The World Economic Forum is grateful to its Members and communities for their commitment and dynamic participation in the World Economic Forum on ASEAN. We l...

Human Capital Outlook: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

The Fourth Industrial Revolution will disrupt business models and bring both challenges and opportunities to labour markets over the next five years, with en...

World Economic Forum on Africa: Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation

Under the theme 'Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation', the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa convened regional and global leaders ...

Internet for All: A Framework for Accelerating Internet Access and Adoption

The internet has been a major contributor to the evolution of and growth in the global economy over the past decades. It continues to have the potential to p...

An Action Agenda for Africa’s Competitiveness

The Action Agenda for Africa’s Competitiveness synthesizes over 120 recommendations from over 200 participants from government, business, academia, internati...

Health Systems Leapfrogging in Emerging Economies

This report focuses on catalysing change through an “ecosystem approach” to partnerships. To effectively implement health innovations, we need closer and mor...

Shaping the Future of Construction: A Breakthrough in Mindset and Technology

Thirty measures are presented in the report, Shaping the Future of Construction: A Breakthrough in Mindset and Technology as part of a construction “industry...