China 6 things to know about China's historic riseweforum.org - Emma Charlton As China marks 70 years of Communist Party rule, its economy shows signs of slowing but remains among the fastest-growing in the world, with huge …
Innovation How to build a digital infrastructure that benefits emerging economiesweforum.org - Sunil Bharti Mittal Digital connectivity is increasingly a pivotal force in the evolution of society and the economy. The momentum of the broader economy in developed …
Why transparency in drug pricing is more complicated than it seemsweforum.org - Alexander Roediger Transparency has become a prominent topic in debates about healthcare, particularly when it comes to pharmaceutical policy. There is a loud call for …
China What fast-ageing countries such as China tell us about our economic futureweforum.org - Lauren Johnston More than 80% of global GDP is generated by countries with rapidly ageing populations. How these seniors directly and indirectly shape their …
Fourth Industrial Revolution How India can embrace the benefits and growth of 5Gweforum.org - Dr Magnus Ewerbring By spurring innovation and creating a new wave of opportunities, 5G will bring socio-economic growth to nations in every corner of the globe. It will …
Climate Change This chart shows the planet's oceans are getting warmerweforum.org - Katharina Buchholz Annual average temperatures of the oceans’ surfaces have been diverging from the 20th century (1900-1999) average more and more since the 1980s. In …
Fourth Industrial Revolution How Goa's digital approach to diabetes can improve universal healthcareweforum.org - Melvin D'Souza When it comes to public healthcare, resources are often constrained. Intelligent and efficient resource management is, therefore, vital to sustain …
World Economic Forum This is what CEOs around the world see as the biggest risks to businessweforum.org - Richard Smith-Bingham Executives in advanced economies are most concerned about technological threats, according to this year's Regional Risks to Doing Business Report, …
World Economic Forum How India's new consumers can contribute to a $6 trillion opportunityweforum.org - Nikhil Prasad Ojha In the past two decades, India has been of immense interest to companies looking for new avenues of growth in consumer-facing industries. However, …
World Economic Forum Are we at risk of a financial crisis? Our new report takes a lookweforum.org - Guy Miller Economic risks remain high, with the risk of a fiscal crisis taking top spot among executives, finds the latest Regional Risks for Doing Business …
World Economic Forum New watchdog funded by tech giants will fight against online extremismweforum.org - Michelle Nichols A global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft to remove extremist content will become an independent watchdog working …
India Everything you need to know about the 2019 India Economic Summitweforum.org - Katharine Rooney India is the world’s fastest-expanding major economy. With annual growth expected to be more than 7% in the coming years. But alongside that …
World Economic Forum Tools and Weapons by Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne - our October Book Club readweforum.org - Beatrice Di Caro The World Economic Forum's Book Club has just announced its October pick: Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age by Brad …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoWorld Economic Forum How ancient ingredients and revamped recipes are rewriting India's food futureweforum.org - Food Forever Initiative Just 12 crops of the 30,000 edible plants found in nature and five animal species account for more than 80% of our calorie intake today. This …
World Economic Forum The 3 challenges to skill development in India – and how to tackle themweforum.org - Manish Kumar As structural, demographic and technological shifts transform the Indian economy and the nature of work, new entrants to the labour force will have …
World Economic Forum This is how India can fight floodingweforum.org Floods are now an annual nightmare in many parts of southern and western India. Valleys in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala that …
Fourth Industrial Revolution This is what the future of work will look like in Indiaweforum.org - Shyamak R Tata Recently, an online food aggregator made news in India for laying off around 10% of its staff. Immediately the question arose: was this a sign of a …
Housing The insecurity of the property market hurts all demographicsweforum.org - Kim Mckee There are now more than 4.5m households living in the private rented sector across the UK – that’s more than doubled since the previous decade. The …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoOctopuses This video shows a sleeping octopus changing colour - which could mean it's dreamingweforum.org - Stephen Johnson • The clip is from an upcoming PBS TV show called "Octopus: Making Contact." • Octopuses have thousands of color-changing cells under their skin called …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoHealth Why relationships have the biggest impact on our healthweforum.org - Knowledge @Wharton Can kindness, love and a strong sense of community actually make you healthier and happier? Research says that it does. A 1978 study looking at the …
Water Energy, food and leaky pipes: how to solve India's water crisisweforum.org - Ravichandran Purushothaman The global water crisis is not a new story. Every year, I review statistics that are becoming all too familiar: an expected 40% gap in the global …
Economic Development What the private sector can do for India's economic growthweforum.org - Chandrajit Banerjee The private sector’s role in encouraging a country’s growth and economic development cannot be overstated. Private enterprises are the chief agents …
Climate Climate change will shrink these economies fastestweforum.org - Katharine Rooney It doesn’t matter if you’re in a hot or a cold climate, a rich country or a poorer one – unchecked climate change is going to devastate the …
World Economic Forum Which country offers the cheapest mobile data?weforum.org - Douglas Broom Chances are that if your country has limited landline coverage you use your cellphone, and the cost of that access varies widely from country to …
São Paulo Track your trash: how São Paulo is reducing waste with technologyweforum.org - Chicko Sousa More than 2 billion tons of waste is generated around the world every year – and disposing of it presents a huge challenge. In Brazil, for example, …
World Economic Forum Cities are easy prey for cybercriminals. Here's how they can fight backweforum.org - Robert Muggah Make no mistake: the world is in the early stages of a techno-war against city governments and urban infrastructure. And while some cities have …
Social Work This machine read 3.5 million books then told us what it thought about men and womenweforum.org - Maria Hornbek Machine learning analyzed 3.5 million books to find that adjectives ascribed to women tend to describe physical appearance, whereas words that refer …
India India's record-breaking diaspora in numbersweforum.org - Katharine Rooney When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the United States, he is among compatriots – 4.4 million of them. The 3 challenges to skill …
Fourth Industrial Revolution Playing more video games could increase creative thinking at workweforum.org - Agnessa Spanellis Coming up with a good creative idea is hard. We do not fully understand how this process works, but there are certain techniques that have proved …
Water One of the biggest countries in the world is running out of drinking waterweforum.org - Dan Robitzski Over a dozen towns and cities in eastern Australia are fast approaching Day Zero — the day that the last of the drinking water runs dry. As global …
