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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 ...

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 aff...

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 ecosyst...

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...

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...

AI Government Procurement Guidelines

Governments are increasingly seeking to capture the opportunities offered by AI to improve public-sector productivity and the provision of services to the pu...

Humanitarian Investing – Mobilizing Capital to Overcome Fragility

With over 2 billion people living in countries where development outcomes are affected by fragility, conflict, and violence, there is a critical need for new...

Global Future Council on Health and Healthcare 2018-2019 A Vision for the Future: Transforming Health Systems

A Vision for the Future: Transforming Health Systems

Responsible Use of Technology

The increasingly pervasive use of technology in our everyday lives has triggered a debate on how new and disruptive technologies – such as artificial intelli...

Reshaping Global Value: Technology, Climate, Trade – Global Value Chains under Pressure

The Next Generation of Data-Sharing in Financial Services: Using Privacy Enhancing Techniques to Unlock New Value

This report explores an emerging set of technologies known as "privacy enhancing techniques" (PETs), and their ability to unlock new value in the financial s...

The Speed of the Energy Transition: Gradual or Rapid Change?

The energy industry is complex, and understanding the major trends changing the industry can be challenging. Investors, policy-makers, business people and ot...