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Jun 11, 2024 · The Global Gender Gap Index 2024 benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since its inception.
Oct 4, 2021 · Emerging economies have seen their share of total global trade rocket in recent years. China, for instance, is now responsible for 15% of all world exports. Unfinished goods, components and services account for 70% of all trade. While trade in services accounts for two-thirds of global GDP, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on trade ...
Jan 10, 2024 · Ellissa Cavaciuti-Wishart. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation. In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face. Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take shape ...
The global average score is 53 compared to an overall average score of 67 on the pillar (which is the highest average across the four dimensions of competitiveness). Pillar 10 Competition: The top three performers on the competition dimension are the United States, Singapore and the UK, followed by Germany, China, Japan, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Switzerland.
Jan 11, 2023 · Even if the economic fallout remains comparatively contained, global growth is forecast to slow to 2.7% in 2023, with around one-third of the world’s economy facing a technical recession – the third-weakest growth profile in over 20 years. 18 This downturn will be led by advanced markets, with projected growth falling to 1.1% in 2023, while ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Download PDF. The September 2024 Chief Economists Outlook explores key trends in the global economy, including the latest outlook for growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, the implications of high public debt levels, and the prospects for a new growth agenda. This series of reports draws on the individual and collective perspectives of ...
Jan 10, 2024 · Global Risks Report 2024. The Global Risks Report, developed in collaboration with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group, explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict. As cooperation comes under pressure ...
Global Future Councils. The World Economic Forum’s network of Global Future Councils is the world’s foremost multistakeholder and interdisciplinary knowledge network dedicated to promoting innovative thinking to shape a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable future. Each council’s insights are taken forward by the Forum’s ongoing ...
Dec 16, 2020 · The Global Competitiveness Report series has since its first edition aimed to prompt policy-makers beyond short term growth and to aim for long-run prosperity. The 2020 special edition is dedicated to elaborating on the priorities for recovery and revival, and considering the building blocks of a transformation towards new economic systems that combine “productivity”, “people” and ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Global debt is borrowing by governments, businesses and people, and it’s at dangerously high levels. In 2021, global debt reached a record $303 trillion, a further jump from what was record global debt in 2020 of $226 trillion, as reported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Global Debt Database. This was the biggest one-year debt ...