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The New Economic Context for the Arab World
The Arab World faces a conundrum of challenges that relate to its current economic model, the geopolitical tensions that characterize parts of the region, and the global trends whose effe...
Readiness for the Future of Production: Country Profiles
The nature of production is undergoing unprecedented change as new technologies transform cost structures, make new business models and methods of production available, and bring entirely...
Technology and Innovation for the Future of Production: Accelerating Value Creation
Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres of global production systems. The current pace of technologica...
Shaping the Future of Production: Four Contrasting Perspectives in 2030
The transformative potential of technology in production systems is widely recognized, even while the precise configuration and extent of the possible transformation remain unknown. Produ...
Beyond the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off: Practical Ideas for Inclusive Growth and Competitiveness in Europe
Press release: World Economic Forum, European Investment Bank Urge EU Finance Ministers To Make Inclusive Growth Top Priority
Building Foundations for Trust and Integrity
Building Foundations for Trust and Integrity looks at how developing trust for public-private cooperation can address corruption in Latin America using Mexico as a case study. The report ...
Accelerating Gender Parity: A Toolkit
We hope that the principles for action outlined herein will serve to deepen existing commitments, inspire fresh, impact-focused initiatives to promote gender parity, and further work with...
Human-Centric Health: Behaviour Change and the Prevention of NonCommunicable Diseases
Decreasing the effect of NCDs requires a more systematic response. This report describes how a human-centric health ecosystem (HCHE) can bring together stakeholders from the public and pr...
Digital Borders: Enabling a secure, seamless and personalized journey
The world is undergoing transformations, the scale, scope and complexity of which are unlike anything humanity has undergone before. Technology has, and will, continue to revolutionize th...
Government with the People: A New Formula for Creating Public Value
The Report highlights how the 21st Century needs a new model of government, a government with the people and not just for the people, providing services – from law and order to social wel...
Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation to Deliver the New Urban Agenda
As this World Economic Forum report emphasizes, the future of cities largely depends on the way urbanization is managed and public-private collaboration is leveraged to implement the New ...
Valuing Personal Data and Rebuilding Trust
This research provides insights on public understanding of the concepts behind personal data and areas of digital media use that cause strains in trust between end users and industry.