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; ...
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Technical meeting on the future of work in the arts and entertainment sector
13 – 17 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland The purpose of the meeting is to discuss opportunities and challenges for decent work in the sector in the context of digital technologies, globalization, environmental sustainability, demographic changes and a human-centred COVID-19 recovery, with the aim of adopting conclusions, ...
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 »A new kind of global recession: Why this time is different
The global economy is at an inflection point. The IMF projects that a third of the world economy will be in recession next year. War in Europe, a slowdown in China and soaring inflation have contributed to widespread pessimism around ...
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