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How solar can power space travel
How do currency unions affect trade?
How will Italy’s new employment law affect jobs?
Have Americans stopped supporting free trade?
What happens if central banks lose money through QE?
How dependent are Latin American economies on commodities?
4 ways to get more women into leadership at universities
Why does injecting fluid underground cause earthquakes?
Why the world’s poorest states are urging climate action
Which policies can restrain housing booms?
Why all sides should work together to reform Greece
How better connectivity can transform Africa’s economies
How does culture affect a company’s decision to outsource?
How can Japan stop using fossil fuels?
4 ways Turkey can help bring peace to the Middle East
The app helping Kenya’s farmers adapt to climate change
Do we need to redesign the clinical trial?
How oil flows in and out of every major region around the world
What does the digital economy mean for competitiveness?
How businesses can take the lead on fighting corruption
MERS: 5 implications for the tourism industry
Why partnerships are key to water security in Africa
Is higher education equipping young people for the jobs market?
Why we need an international rule of law for sovereign debt
What Angelina Jolie told the African Union about violence against women
How to be healthy in the social age
The top 10 universities in Asia
Why nuclear power would be a bad option for South Africa
How do clustering industries affect tax policies?
How should multinational companies be taxed?
What’s the value of US government-provided health insurance?
Can Pakistan cut carbon emissions by 30% in ten years?
How can we use forests to tackle climate change?
How can China reach the next stage of development?
The bad habit that makes leaders less effective
9 habits every leader should master before turning 30
How can Pakistan restore its groundwater?
Did private companies drive China’s industrial revolution?
What will the next generation of batteries look like?
What will it take to reach a Greek deal?
How can we take the fear out of migration?
4 steps to managing migration with compassion
Why communication is key to disaster relief
Why America should join the AIIB
What went wrong in Greece and how to fix it
Will natural gas slow progress on renewables?
Why you come up with your best ideas when you’re mentally exhausted
How to guard your career against rapid technological change
Greek talks collapse, Philae awakes, Neymar v Marta
Could the Pomodoro technique make you more productive?
How to encourage philanthropy in diasporas
Can genetically modified viruses fight cancer?
7 common traits of highly intelligent people
10 novels that will make you smarter about business
Why we need to challenge beliefs about innate talent in STEM
Do ‘micropreneurs’ signal the end of work as we know it?
How can the Middle East avert a water crisis?
Tumbling robots and other science stories of the week
Why tackling climate change is a moral and economic imperative
61 inspirational leadership quotes
The next big thing in the sharing economy?
Why The Trans-Pacific Partnership is about more than trade
How should we tackle childhood obesity?
Why austerity was the wrong policy for the UK, part 3
What are the aims of the mega-regional trade deals?
How can governments make more of an impact?
How quickly can we decarbonise the global economy?
17 must-read stories for the weekend
How fuel cells are transforming energy markets
Why do equities earn such a high rate of return?
How financial inclusion and financial integrity go hand in hand
How can your business better manage cyber risk?
Could this trick help you perform better in stressful situations?
How tax rates influence where top inventors live
Why we need a universal method of measuring development finance
How to become a master networker
How can countries finance the Sustainable Development Goals?
Why Iceland can now remove capital controls
How can we keep big data safe?
Why 2015 is a pivotal year for ending poverty
9 things successful people do on Sunday nights
6 tips for more effective competitive intelligence
Why Europe needn’t worry about a Greek default
10 skills that are hard to learn but pay off forever
Can solar microgrids bring power to rural India?
Does internet access always boost business performance?
Is the UK about to reshape Europe’s future again?
What is Switzerland’s magic formula for gender equality?
What’s next for Turkey?
Why Big Data as a Service is the next big thing
Greece: time to decide, Twitter changes, and Uber in China
Which two things cause a quarter of all deaths in the world?
How to promote gender equality in Afghanistan
Why doctors and vets should work together
How are social networks formed in cities?
4 key lessons from comparing the world’s housing markets
Why the WTO is more successful than you might think
To help end poverty, give everyone an address
The MERS virus in 4 charts
7 things to watch for if Greece leaves the euro
What entrepreneurs can learn from failure
How can Africa tackle the root causes of migration?
How will virtual reality change business?
Why Greece needs much more than just a debt deal
The new disease being spread by mosquitoes
Why the world should welcome China’s engagement in global governance
Why space exploration is worth the money
Should South Africa pursue fracking?
Can going off-grid bridge the energy gap?
How financial speculation on food is hurting the world’s hungry
Does a carbon price reduce electricity CO2 emissions?
Why we need to harness the power of volunteers
How to close the computer science gender gap
Is it possible to measure inequality of opportunity?
Why we must reward long-term investment
How do the security experts keep themselves safe online?
How does people switching jobs affect overall wage growth?
5 things to know about governance as a Sustainable Development Goal
What makes people buy energy efficient products?
Why social accountability is key to development
How introverts can conquer public speaking
How do Europeans feel about the EU?
How can we help Libya’s youth?
No progress on Greece deal, rate cuts in Asia, Pac-Man’s creator
How does QE reduce long-term interest rates?
Why has the US labour force participation rate declined?
Which European country gets most of its power from wind farms?
Can the arts help Africa’s development?
13 ways successful women make the most of their time
What’s really happened in Greece since the crisis began?
How forensic intelligence helps combat the illegal wildlife trade
How can the African disapora help the continent’s development?
Why do countries repay their debts?
Don Tapscott: Why I’m joining the World Economic Forum
Building real markets for the good of the people
How IT kick-starts economic development
Why trade deals shouldn’t try to prevent currency manipulation
What did Africa 2015 teach us about education?
How to tackle youth violence
Why local farmers are key to food security in Africa
Why the G7 climate commitment is so significant
How should social democracy adapt to globalisation?
How Ethopia became host to most of Africa’s refugees
A history of inequality in Latin America
How electricity problems are limiting growth in many African countries
5 illnesses genetic engineering could eliminate
How China is embracing MOOCs
4 steps for Latin America to boost long-term growth
How do remittances affect democracy in Africa?
The green school helping Egypt tackle climate change
How Ghana is tackling child malnutrition
A partial defense of gross domestic product
How women contribute $3 trillion to global healthcare
Is the US economy stronger than you think?
How should Europe and Algeria cooperate on energy?
Why Russia’s finances are not as vulnerable as they appear
How female business leaders are knocking on the doors of Africa’s boardrooms
Why Europe must stand together to address migration
How to make data work for teachers and students
What are the health effects of homophobia?
Do people buy more when they expect higher inflation?
Where is the growth in Indian manufacturing jobs?
How desert farms could fuel planes using just sunshine and seawater
Why our ageing populations could help slow greenhouse emissions
3 business model shifts caused by the new wave of entrepreneurs
China’s global index inclusion delayed, Jack Ma reassures, and Greece talks
How to eradicate tuberculosis
Why we need to rethink commodity-backed loans to Africa
How to turn the G7 climate commitment into action
11 ways smart people sabotage their success
The 4 pillars of corruption, and how to topple them
Has Europe’s QE programme worked?
3 ways to get more people into manufacturing
Why Africa needs to become more like China
Are the poorest of the poor being lifted out of poverty?
Why Africa needs clean energy investment to get power to all
The improved data set showing no hiatus in global warming
How Vietnam is making its hospitals greener and safer
What causes brain degeneration?
Why the best exporters are not necessarily the best producers
How a safety net programme in Ethiopia is helping tackle gender inequality
Why is an ocean greenhouse gas so damaging?
How does the arrival of foreign supermarkets affect developing world consumers?
What should India’s smart cities look like?
Why we need to help Lebanon educate Syria’s refugees
Is the world prepared for a global pandemic?
Which African country gets the most venture capital investment?
Why we need a Global Apollo Programme to tackle climate change
2 forces transforming the financial services industry
Why we can’t save the Earth without saving the oceans
What’s the best policy to attract high-skilled migrants?
The radical solution to robots taking our jobs
What’s the best way of tackling poverty?
Do we need to make economic theories simpler?
Why the first letter of your surname matters
How will El Nino affect Africa’s farmers?
How mobile internet killed off Nigeria’s cyber cafes
G7 climate commitment, Apple streaming, and China inflation
13 things you should never say on your first day at work
How to become a master networker in any country in the world
Why the US should raise the estate tax
5 ways to sustainably develop our oceans
How to turn violent cities into engines of growth
Why we need to rethink inflation targeting
What can tourists do to help Nepal’s quake recovery?
3 steps to fix education in Africa
The economic case for saving the world’s oceans
Migration lessons for Europe from Australia
The submarine cables boosting Africa’s bandwidth
How do batteries affect the environment?
Why housing is healthcare
What do the latest US jobs numbers tell us about interest rates?
How we know carbon pricing really works
Greece: where we stand and what to watch
Why we need to exercise caution during the genomic revolution
How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change
Why language is so important in science teaching
How can the US tackle inequality in its education system?
9 steps to securing Latin America’s economic future
Why income inequality is bad for growth
What’s the definition of ‘urban’?
21 things you should do on your first day of work
How Tanzania is bringing power to its rural villages
What are the priorities for Eurozone governance reforms?
Deutsche Bank’s executive shake-up, Erdogan’s poll blow, solar panel theft
How technology is boosting business in Afghanistan
What does exposure to environmental chemicals mean for our health?
What to do when you’re offered a job and you need more time to decide
How to use drones for development
3 steps to big data leadership
Is technology destroying more jobs than it creates?
4 ways the global economy is being transformed
How to help robots handle uncertainty
How can South Africa tackle inequality?
4 steps to improving public-private partnerships
Why we need to rethink the informal economy
How to tackle secular stagnation
9 video highlights from AF15
16 quotes from Africa 2015
How the finance sector can drive Africa’s economic growth
21 pictures from Africa 2015
5 things to know about building business in Africa
Mind reading, a new dinosaur and other science stories of the week
Why water should be a priority for Africa’s leaders
Why we need a new plan for Greece
Why are mislabelled risks dangerous?
Is communication technology the key to unlocking Africa’s potential?
Why countries need to count their ‘outsourced’ emissions
3 problems with the way we think about nuclear power
Can wildlife survive in a modern Africa?
3 ways to end Africa’s energy shortages
3 ways African cities can bring hope to young people
How can we increase the number of women in Africa’s boardrooms?
Creating a better future for Africa’s mothers and children
3 essential lessons from Africa’s past
Why rich states can’t meet the 2020 climate aid goal alone
Could loyalty programmes help save lives in Africa?
How can we prepare financially for natural disasters?
The IMF’s health check of the US economy
How understanding breast cancer at a molecular level is revolutionising our thinking
How African markets are primed for explosive growth in mobile tech
Top 10 tourism-ready countries in Africa
How Europe can boost growth and tackle climate change
4 steps to improving education and health services
Can Africa deliver its own formula for sustainable development?
How big data can help improve access to electricity
Why Africa has a long way to go to get more women into the sciences
What can we learn from giant balloons on the edge of space?
How can we reduce private sector debt?
What’s needed to make the most of the healthcare revolution?
Can Europe survive without Greece?
Is India’s heatwave a freak event?
Were drugs to treat Ebola on pharmacy shelves all along?
What’s next for Russia’s economy?
How an increase in employment is transforming cities
What Greece really needs
21 must-read stories for the weekend
Greece delays IMF payment, Fed told to hold rates, and Opec meets
The philosophical problem of Magna Carta
16 things successful people do on Monday mornings
Why social selling is not about selling
Could we manufacture artificial hearts?
How increased typhoon intensity is linked to ocean warming
How South Africa is reducing its salt intake
Why Greece needs hope
How the travel industry can influence sustainable growth
Why Africa’s investment landscape is on the rise
4 ways technology can help fight future epidemics
How to make energy and the climate work for Africa
11 ways to help young people in conflict zones
Lessons from the Ebola response
How South Africa is helping deliver prosperity to all Africans
Why Africa’s young people should turn to entrepreneurship
For which global risks is sub-Saharan Africa least prepared?
Q&A: 60 seconds with Njideka Harry
8 ways Africa can raise farm productivity and boost growth
Africa’s competitiveness challenge in 8 charts
How empowered consumers are forcing supply chains to adapt
Reflections on 25 years of the World Economic Forum on Africa
How the Atlantic’s cool phase will change the world’s weather
Why the poaching crisis in Africa is worse than we thought
Does culture matter for entrepreneurship?
How we can feed the world
How an app can reduce food waste
8 key steps to fix South Africa’s migration policy
How to make power plants more efficient
How to bring energy microgrids to rural villages
The challenges of being a social enterprise
Q&A: 60 seconds with Kevin Taylor
How carbon pricing is achieving critical mass
Why reducing inequality is key to the success of Abenomics
Can Cambodia become the gateway to ASEAN’s 600 million consumers?
5 lessons from sub-Saharan Africa’s first public-private road
How can we increase women’s participation in international trade?
How to improve Europe’s financial supervision
Are Europe’s deficit targets pointless?
Why we must tackle violence against LGBT people
Do better roads really improve lives?
FIFA crisis grows, Tsipras defiant and alma mating
Can we really get to 100% renewable energy?
Why Africa needs new solutions to its education challenges
How Confidence Makes You Look Intelligent
How yeast provides new insights into obesity
How can we get development projects right first time?
What does the job-loss rate tell us about the economy?
12 ways you’re sabotaging your career
Can free trade bring an end to poverty?
What explains the decline in US public corporations?
How could a parallel currency for Greece work?
How new technologies are driving media consumption in Africa
What mobile banking can do for Africa
Time to rethink our view of Africa’s economy?
Looking back on 25 years of the World Economic Forum on Africa
Why Africa needs a new approach to healthcare
Q&A: 60 seconds with Paul Polman
Why businesses need to learn to share water
Why building resilience is key to Africa’s future
4 ways the G7 can boost investment in clean energy
How can Africa achieve the right kind of growth?
Merkel tops the power list and other top gender stories of the week
Why financial markets ignore climate change at their peril
How corruption is the leading indicator for political unrest
Why the world needs an emergency peace service
How female graduates are worst hit by the weak US economy
Could watermills help solve Pakistan’s energy crisis?
Q&A: 60 seconds with Winnie Byanyima
A breakthrough in understanding amnesia
Why STEM is vital for African development
Can online outsourcing create new jobs for youth and women?
Why China needs a new global economic order
5 new roles for the modern HR department
A new understanding of bipolar disorder
How we make emotional decisions
Should countries always aim to reduce their debts?
The long-term implications of Turkey’s election
Fifa scandal and Chinese ferry disaster intensify
How much do we know about the long-term legacy of aid programmes?
5 chemistry inventions that enabled the modern world
What does ‘cultural fit’ really mean?
7 simple ways to find work you’re really passionate about
Does financial development lead to more foreign investment?
What’s the easiest way to undo the harm of sitting all day?
How should we teach critical thinking?
How can we teach children to be innovators?
Are you missing out on this networking opportunity?
The 7 traps that lead to bad investment decisions
How young people are solving Africa’s agriculture challenge
How to default on sovereign debt
10 African super foods you need to be eating and drinking right now
Which jobs can’t be done by robots?
How to fix a problem like FIFA
12 facts that will make you look differently at Africa
5 charts on the African infrastructure paradox
How to accelerate inclusive growth in Africa
Q&A: 60 seconds with Mokena Makeka
How to make Africa work for the many, not just the few
In pictures: 25 years of the Forum on Africa
25 years of the World Economic Forum on Africa
The paradox of technology’s impact on inequality in Africa
Can we make international study open to all?
What the Internet of Everything will do for Africa
The economic impact of child abuse
How can we reinvigorate global trade?
How technology can transform Africa
What will it take to power all of Africa?
How leading US companies keep their employees happy
How Africa can make the next quantum leap in agriculture
Can we unlearn social biases while we sleep?
How did China’s WTO entry affect its companies?
What should we make of slow first quarter US economic growth?
How can we tackle gender stereotypes in science?
Why the Sustainable Development Goals must address modern slavery
The untapped learning potential of technology in Africa
Is technology shortening your attention span?
Q&A: 60 seconds with Barkha Moussa
How can we work together to tackle cyber threats?
Are you ready for 5 generations in your workplace?
6 financial sector challenges for emerging and developing economies
Is rising US income inequality due to inequality inside individual firms?
The 3 attributes of trusted leaders
Why energy efficiency is key to sustainable development
Emergency meeting for Greece, China ferry disaster, more Fifa fallout
How to construct an emissions reporting system
Could genetically modified immune cells fight cancer?
How can we solve the electronic waste problem?
The 20 jobs that robots are most likely to take over
Could an accountability partner help you achieve your goals?
What’s needed to secure a sustainable future?
Should we be concerned by rising debt levels in emerging economies?
How can we push for tighter security for nuclear weapons?
Have Arab youth lost faith in democracy?
Why is China creating so few new jobs?
3 ways Africa can boost innovation
What progress has been made towards gender equality?
Why your smartphone could be good for your mental health
How should Africa handle UN Security Council reform?
How to bridge Africa’s infrastructure gap
What does the future hold for Cuba?
How can Africa manage the effects of climate change?
Why austerity was the right policy for the UK, part 2
Q&A: 60 seconds with Ally Angula
Q&A: 60 seconds with Saadia Zahidi
Q&A: 60 seconds with Alex Wong
How can Africa cash in on its demographic dividend?
Why does socio-economic hardship affect men and women differently?
What are the next steps in Africa’s economic transformation?
Why sustainable investments make good business sense
How should we prevent asset price bubbles?
Why closing Africa’s gender gap will benefit everyone
How DNA is helping us fight back against pest invasions
From problem to paradox: 2 social innovations from India
Would a Greek default strengthen anti-austerity parties in other countries?
Why we need to think about the mental scars of Ebola
What do Greece and Argentina have in common?
How bacteria can help detect cancer
Making the next 15 years count for Africa
What incentives will prevent deforestation?
Why mobile phones are the pathway to the internet in Africa
How synthetic spider silk could change medicine
The importance of user experience testing
4 research-backed signs you’re meant to be an entrepreneur
Why Syria needs a peace roadmap like Bosnia’s
How can Europe keep itself together?
Could computer chips made out of wood make smartphones cheaper?
Can technology help improve the efficiency of irrigation?
How big data is supporting food security
How does the mass university affect learning?
Why America needs to strengthen its unions
Why we all need to be clear on the limits of economic theories
Why digitization is an opportunity for Africa
How Sweden shows decoupling GDP growth from CO2 emissions is possible
Why the US needs an open debate on the TPP
3 steps to boost growth in Europe
How can Malawi protect its forests?
Shadow banks win share, manufacturing activity slows, and appy daze
How to help robots work together
How to simplify Europe’s fiscal rules
Does better education really drive economic growth?
The tests facing Nigeria’s new government
Why the global economy is facing a liquidity crisis
Ray guns, robotic cheetahs and other science stories of the week
What’s causing America’s low inflation?
What’s next for Greece and the Eurozone?
Who is coming to our Africa 2015 meeting?
What is the business view on human rights?
Why FIFA also needs to address the treatment of Qatar’s migrant workers
17 must-read stories for the weekend
Why tackling the stigma around menstruation is key to gender equality
How can science help reach development goals?
The simple trick to being happy and productive at work
How John Nash’s legacy lives on in business strategy
Can we control robotic limbs with our minds?
Do governments manipulate fiscal policy to win elections?
Why do investors give less money to female entrepreneurs?
How will an increase in bonus payments affect inequality in the US?
A further advance in quantum computing
Why the ocean ecosystem is so sensitive to climate change
What Europe should learn from its previous refugee crisis
What caused the US housing bubble?
How focusing on similarities can improve teaching
How Brazil can return to strong and inclusive growth
Why it’s time for climate action in southern Africa
A new understanding of schizophrenia
Can we harness the benefits of steroids without the risks?
Why we need more data on European migration
Could a green micro-break boost your productivity?
Why US scholars need access to public and private big data
The email habits of 10 top business leaders
Can we hack the central nervous system?
Why Europe’s history gives it a duty to solve the refugee crisis
How should universities measure success?
Why we need a better way to encourage innovation
Fifa vote, China stock shock, jest by chocolate
Which personality types are most likely to clash at work?
Could this exercise be critical to your success?
How to follow our Africa 2015 meeting
9 mega-trends shaping the future of Africa
Should wellbeing be at the heart of development policies?
Top 7 African design trends
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