Tag: World Economic Forum
Global Growth Outlook Weakens as Hormuz Disruption Reshapes Economic Expectations
Chief economists expect slower growth, higher inflation, and greater market volatility over the next year as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz adds a...
Global Growth Is Being Rewritten: Inside the Rise of the New...
Something fundamental is shifting in the global economy. Not gradually. Not quietly. But in a way that’s forcing governments, businesses, and investors to rethink...
‘Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies’ Announced at Davos
Abu Dhabi becomes home to newest Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, focused on Quantum, Robotics, Space Tech and relate AI applications
The Technology Innovation...
Global Economic Outlook 2026: Resilience Holds as Asset Prices, Debt and...
The global economy has shown signs of relative resilience entering 2026, but leading economists remain cautious as risks surrounding asset prices, public debt, and...
Global Risks Report 2026: Rising Geopolitical and Economic Risks
Geoeconomic confrontation emerges as the top global risk for 2026, climbing eight positions in the two-year outlook, as economic risks rise fastest in the...
Economic Outlook for 2025: Key Trends and Challenges
The global economic outlook for 2025 is marked by rising challenges, including economic fragmentation, escalating debt, and heightened political uncertainty. These insights are drawn...
Economic Outlook Is Brightening; But Political Risks Loom Large
Chief Economists: The Economic Outlook Is Brightening But Political Risks Loom Large in 2024
82% of chief economists expect the global economy to remain stable...
More Economic Uncertainty on the Horizon
More than half (56%) of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken in 2024, with seven in 10 saying pace of geoeconomic fragmentation...
GCC Economies Witnessing a Golden Age of Progress and Growth
Regional economies are undergoing a positive cycle of improving competitiveness and growth amid higher oil revenues and economic reforms, Majid Jafar tells Davos
Region’s digital...
World Economic Forum Unveils Virtual Global Collaboration
The Forum today unveils a major initiative at the Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos to harness the power of the metaverse to grow and...
Five Ways to Lead: Workforce Principles for COVID-19 Pandemic
Businesses need to respond to urgent concerns from their workforce on safety and support
Actions to help include empowering local managers, prioritizing personal...
World Economic Forum Convenes Global Business for COVID Action Platform
The World Economic Forum on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID Action Platform
The global platform, the first of its kind, aims...
How to Achieve Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
A thriving private sector is essential to drive sustainable economic growth.
Economic integration will make MENAP a more competitive region.
Selective deregulation, free...
Online Applications Open for WEF’s 100 Most Promising Arab Startups
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the Bahrain Economic Development Board, has opened applications for the 100 Arab Startups shaping the Fourth...
Closing the Loop: Meet Pioneers Turning Global Economy Circular
The latest winners of the World Economic Forum’s Circulars awards demonstrate that a radical transformation is underway of how economic value is created...
Global Financial Markets See Short Term Prosperity; Long-Term Challenges
Recent economic growth and the rise of equity markets suggest optimism for the future of global finance
Brexit negotiations, questions about the dollar...
Financial Crisis Amongst Top 10 Global Risks for 2018
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, we asked ourselves one question over and over again: why didn’t we see it coming?
It rocked...
UAE to Become Open Global Laboratory to Fashion the Future of...
· The World Economic Forum’s second Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils opened today
· The internet of things will contribute $10-15 trillion to...