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From pandemics to the pitfalls of AI, journalist Gillian Tett joins the Book Club Podcast to explain how an anthropologist’s view of global risks can help understand and solve them.
May 26, 2021 You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / This unique, 20-year study followed the lives of 12,000 children in the developing world. Here’s what it discovered This unique, 20-year study followed the lives of 12,000 children in the developing world. Here’s what it discovered (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Natalie Marchant, Writer, Formative Content A 20-year study led by the University of Oxford attempts to understand the causes and consequences of childhood poverty...
You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / How COVID-19 is helping Oman develop a future-ready workforce How COVID-19 is helping Oman develop a future-ready workforce (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sami Al Asmi, Curator, Muscat Hub The COVID-19 pandemic has hastened the digitalization of many Omani companies and made part-time and remote work a new reality; Oman’s workforce will need access to information on these emerging opportunities and young recruits will need the training r...
coronavirus, health, COVID19, pandemic What is the World Economic Forum doing to manage emerging risks from COVID-19? The first global pandemic in more than 100 years, COVID-19 has spread throughout the world at an unprecedented speed. At the time of writing, 4.5 million cases have been confirmed and more than 300,000 people have died due to the virus. As countries seek to recover, some of the more long-term economic, business, environmental, societal and technological challenges and opportunities are just beginning to become visible. To help all stakeholders – communities, governme...
Although this is the first time South Korea’s population has shrunk, the rate of population growth has been declining steadily for the past decade.