All posts tagged "World Economic Forum"

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  Governments doing too little on climate change, say citizens

  More than half of global citizens believe governments are doing too little to address climate change, according to a new study from the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Climate Progress

  • Posted February 22, 2022
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  Economic Outlook 2022: What the data says about the risks and responses needed to capture emerging opportunities

  For nearly two years, the pandemic has obscured the global outlook, making traditional long-term economic planning for governments challenging. While a vaccine-led vision for re-emerging formed intermittently across the world,

  • Posted January 28, 2022
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  COP26: Governments must do more to help businesses tackle climate change, CEOs say

  Policymakers must work more closely with corporates if countries are to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a group of more than 90 CEOs has said as world leaders arrive in

  • Posted October 31, 2021
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  South African president condemns COVID procurements corruption

  South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned corruption in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party related to the procurement of COVID-19 equipment, and suggested addressing the problem through transparency,

  • Posted August 28, 2020
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  World Economic Forum launches roadmap for safe cross-border data flows

  The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched a “roadmap” to encourage policymakers and governments to legislate for safe data-sharing practices across international borders. Developed in partnership with the Bahrain Economic

  • Posted June 17, 2020
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  Central banks pool brainpower on digital currencies

  A group of the world’s most influential central banks have teamed up to pool expertise on central bank digital currencies. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England (BoE), the

  • Posted February 2, 2020
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  UK government to test AI procurement guidelines

  The UK will be the first government to test a new set of artificial intelligence (AI) procurement guidelines, which have been developed by global public-private cooperation body the World Economic

  • Posted September 30, 2019
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  The power of prevention: de-risking the future

  On environmental, social and economic issues, nations face a set of ticking time bombs – and unless they take preventive action, their people and public finances will suffer. At the

  • Posted September 27, 2019
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  Switzerland tops global ranking

  Switzerland is the most competitive country in the world, according to a new ranking by the World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF’s Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), published last week, saw Switzerland

  • Posted September 5, 2015
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  Hong Kong Tops Global Infrastructure Ranking

  Hong Kong has the best infrastructure in the world, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said last week. WEF measured the quality of road and rail networks and the quality of

  • Posted July 16, 2015
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