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Leading risks in 2012 facing the planet’s population include severe income disparity, water supply and food shortage crises, chronic fiscal imbalances, and rising greenhouse gas emissions, a bleak World Economic Forum report shows.
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The World Economic Forum is due to meet in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos in January. However they could well be joined by Occupy Igloo protesters if they take up the invitation to join the Swiss youth planning the event.
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The World Economic Forum has released the Global Competitivenes Report 2011 -2012. Switzerland retains the number one spot whilst the U.S. slips to fifth place.
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Nordic countries continue to show the world how to bridge inequality between men and women. Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden are the top four, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2010.
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Bill Gates, joint founder and current Chairman of Microsoft, announced on Friday that the foundation he established with his wife Melinda would be donating $10 billion to help develop and provide vaccines for children in the poorest parts of the world.
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This week the World Economic Forum said there is a one-in-five chance of a second financial crisis that could cost the world at least $1 trillion and a sovereign fiscal crisis.
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What do Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden have in common, except for cold winters? These Nordic countries, of all nations in the world, have the smallest equality gap between men and women.
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If you consider the huge layoffs in recent months, the fact that a lot of people are taking corporate information with them is scary enough. This information is buying new jobs in a murderous employment market. It's also opening up a new crime wave.
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NEW YORK (voa) - Delegates at the World Economic Forum in New York City have pledged to create a $500 million aid program to promote economic development in Africa.
On Saturday, the world's seven richest industrialized nations plus Russia announced...
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Once again the rich and powerful congregate in the Swiss mountains for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, but does it still have a purpose?
Growing inequality should now be the priority for leaders after the economic crisis, senior figures at the World Economic Forum say.
The eurozone crisis could be under control at last, according to the leaders at the World Economic Forum, but there is plenty of uncertainty ahead.
So what should new participants of the World Economic Forum look out for?
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to attend the World Economic Forum in Bangkok next week, leaving Burma for the first time in 24 years.
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