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Systems social entrepreneurs can be crucial allies for governments in tackling the challenges that societies face to achieve equitable, lasting change.

To see the dawn of sustainable economies we need to decode the future of everything from deglobalisation to customer experience.

Evolution of the external debt of developing countries between 2000 and 2019 Part 1 An update of the three part series “A new trap of indebtedness of the South to the North” published in September-October 2020. At the end of the 1990s and the early years of the new millennium, developing countries (DC) were emerging from an unprecedented debt crisis, the “lost decades of development”, which had started in 1982 with Mexico defaulting. Between 1980 and 1999 there had been at least 280 deb...

The 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report analyses the risks from societal fractures—manifested through persistent and emerging risks to human health, rising unemployment, widening digital divides, youth disillusionment, and geopolitical fragmentation.

In the post-COVID-19 world, we cannot go back to business as usual. We must heal our broken relationship with nature and shape a better future built on justice, equity and inclusiveness.

While the world still reels from the coronavirus pandemic, the greatest threats we collectively face come from multiple sources.

Industry is facing disruption from all sides. And leaders need to closely watch three critical drivers of risk – political, technological and societal.

We are on the path to triggering climate tipping points that could create runaway and irreversible damage that will be an existential threat to future generations.

Once restrictions lift, most Europeans say they plan to eat less meat and fly less frequently to combat climate change according to an EIB survey.

Net-zero carbon cities will only become a reality if national governments work alongside local leaders. Here's how they can shape the transition together