White Papers

Corporate Tax, Digitalization and Globalization

As countries seek to reform international corporate tax rules to address these issues, this paper supports informed debate among non-experts. It has been produced with the input of a dive...

White Paper — 3 December 2019

Responsible Ownership: Reshaping Business as a Force for Good

The purpose of this White Paper is to revisit the roles and responsibilities of family shareholders in today’s context and to propose a forward-looking way of exerting their role, as well...

White Paper — 13 November 2019

Supply Chain Collaboration through Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

This report is the result of a collaboration between members of the World Economic Forum Council on Advanced Manufacturing and Production. It summarizes the main findings of work conducte...

White Paper — 1 November 2019

Making Manufacturing Sustainable by Design

Although more than 50% of the world’s total energy is consumed by manufacturing-related activities, advanced manufacturing technologies offer companies dramatic opportunities to boost pro...

White Paper — 1 November 2019

A Global Standard for Lifelong Learning and Worker Engagement to Support Advanced Manufacturing

The full benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be realized and broadly shared only if the workforce is provided with adequate opportunities for continuous training and is fully...

White Paper — 1 November 2019

Global Technology Governance: A Multistakeholder Approach

The dynamics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution mean that systems of governance are, on the whole, failing to deliver what is needed in terms of minimizing risks and costs, while maximiz...

White Paper — 1 November 2019

Federated Data Systems: Balancing Innovation and Trust in the Use of Sensitive Data

This paper is part of a Forum project, Breaking Barriers to Health Data, in which the health and data-policy communities navigate the complex landscape of data policies via the use of fed...

White Paper — 16 October 2019

The Next Frontier: Natural Resource Targets Shaping a Competitive Circular Economy within Planetary Boundaries

In collaboration with the International Resource Panel and the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE), the World Economic Forum is excited to announce the publication of a ...

White Paper — 10 October 2019

A Framework for Developing a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the software engine that drives the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a technological force affecting all disciplines, econom...

White Paper — 4 October 2019

Accelerating the Emergence and Development of Innovation Ecosystems through Procurement: A Toolkit

This toolkit presents a framework to understand the opportunities available for using procurement to accelerate the creation of inclusive innovation ecosystems. From inspiring individual...

White Paper — 3 October 2019

EV-Ready India Part 1: Value Chain Analysis of State EV Policies

India is charged to be a global hotspot for electric mobility. Over the last few years, the national government has created momentum through several policies that incentivise adoption. Fo...

White Paper — 3 October 2019

The South Asia Risks Landscape

The South Asia Risks Landscape comes as South Asia is growing rapidly and positioning itself to exert more geopolitical influence but also faces risks in the form of climate crises—partic...

White Paper — 2 October 2019

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