Silja Baller is a PhD economist and Head of Mission, Economic Inclusion at the Centre for the New Economy and Society at the World Economic Forum with in-depth expertise in the economics of digitalization, competitiveness, and international trade. She is working towards more inclusive and sustainable economic progress, building on her 20 years of experience across international organizations, the private sector as well as policy and academic research. Silja holds a DPhil and MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford; a DEA in International Economics from the Graduate Institute, Geneva and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
Los progresos hacia la paridad entre hombres y mujeres han experimentado reveses en los últimos años y el riesgo de que se produzcan nuevos retrocesos se está intensificando.
Progress towards gender parity has seen major setbacks in recent years and the risk of further regression is intensifying.
Lack of coherent data collection, analysis and reporting are, in part, why racial and ethnic equity lag behind diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The new DEI Lighthouses report outlines five common success factors needed to accelerate and scale-up diversity, equity and inclusion efforts worldwide.
The World Economic Forum’s most-recent Chief Economists Survey show most expect a recovery of global GDP to its pre-COVID-19 level by the first half of 2022.
The Chief Economists' Survey by the World Economic Forum suggests there's cause for cautious optimism in 2020.
Europe is pushing the competitiveness frontier in multiple ways, but strong headwinds could yet blow the region off course.
