WASHINGTON DC, February 9, 2023 – Global growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. Read More ...
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Tensions Peak between Urgent Cost of Living Crisis and Sustainable Climate Action
WASHINGTON DC, January 11, 2023 – At present, the global pandemic and war in Europe have brought energy, inflation, food and security crises back to the fore. These create follow-on risks that will dominate the next two years: the risk of recession; ...
Read More »Flexible working hours can benefit work-life balance, businesses and productivity
WASHINGTON DC, January 6, 2023 – Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the COVID-19 crisis, can benefit economies, enterprises and workers, and lay the ground for a better and more healthy work-life balance, according ...
Read More »AI Can Enable a New Era in Manufacturing Sector
WASHINGTON DC, December 12, 2022 – Artificial intelligence can enable a new era in the digital transformation journey for industry, offering new opportunities as well as challenges. A new white paper, published by the World Economic Forum together with the Centre ...
Read More »Record high food prices have triggered a global crisis
WASHINGTON DC, August 24, 2022 – Record high food prices have triggered a global crisis that will drive millions more into extreme poverty, magnifying hunger and malnutrition, while threatening to erase hard-won gains in development. The war in Ukraine, supply ...
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