World Economic ForumPlay buttonWorld Economic Forum New Zealand has unveiled its first ‘well-being’ budgetweforum.org - Emma Charlton Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s novel approach to New Zealand’s finances is facing its first real test. After talking about “doing things differently” …
World Economic ForumSexual Harassment #MeToo is letting women reporters be more open about sexual harassment, without fear of reprisalweforum.org - Chloe Grace Hart An unprecedented number of women have come forward to share stories of workplace sexual harassment since the #MeToo movement gained momentum in late …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum England soccer anthem rewritten for women to bring 'football home'weforum.org - Sonia Elks England's most famous soccer anthem has been rewritten for female players ahead of the women's World Cup next month to support the team and to try to …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Cultural assimilation is a crucial part of reducing anti-immigrant sentiment in native populationsweforum.org - Marco Tabellini The recent immigration waves to Europe and the US have fuelled an intense political debate. Proposals to introduce or tighten immigration …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Why we need to look beyond the unemployment rateweforum.org - Michael Spence In modern economies, people may have jobs, but they still harbor major concerns in a wide range of areas, including security, health and work-life …
World Economic ForumBacteria Scientists want to use bacteria to revolutionize energy storageweforum.org - Paul Ratner For renewable energy to become more widespread, fresh technology that can facilitate storing it on a large scale needs to be developed. A team of …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum How supporting entrepreneurs can improve the lives of Central American womenweforum.org - Lauren Hendricks The ability to earn a decent income and live safely within one’s own community is vital not just for one’s own wellbeing, but also for economic …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum 5 lessons from the EU electionsweforum.org This article is part of the World Economic Forum's Geostrategy platform European parliamentary elections are complicated and different. Different …
World Economic ForumPlay buttonDigital Economy 4 ways Africa can prepare its youth for the digital economyweforum.org - Simbarashe Moyo More than ever, it is vital for Africa to prepare her youth for the digital economy and the future of work. The World Development Report 2019 notes …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum This Indian school accepts plastic waste instead of feesweforum.org - Douglas Broom It’s not unusual for children to arrive at school carrying bags. Usually, you might expect them to be full of books. But at one school in India, …
World Economic ForumMet Department A small Indian town was the world’s hottest place for a dayweforum.org - Kuwar Singh The Death Valley in the Californian desert is said to be the world’s hottest place. Yesterday (May 28), though, it was a town in India’s …
World Economic ForumHurricanes Climate change is destroying a barrier that protects the US from hurricanesweforum.org - Sean Fleming The US East Coast could soon be pounded by more intense and destructive hurricanes than ever before. The cause: greenhouse gases, which researchers …
World Economic ForumFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMalaysia Malaysia becomes the latest Asian country to reject the West’s plastic wasteweforum.org - Emily Chow Malaysia will send as much as 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to the countries it came from, the environment minister said on Tuesday, the latest …
World Economic ForumPlay buttonWorld Economic Forum Meet the robot fighting back against coral reef destructionweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond Covered with toxic spines, it has multiple arms and is capable of regeneration. With a voracious appetite, it expels its stomach out of its mouth to …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum In the Philippines, students now have to plant 10 trees before they graduateweforum.org - Rachel Genevieve Chia Here’s one way to plant 175 million trees within a year: get young people to do it for school. On May 15, the Philippine Congress officially passed a …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum These cities have the best quality of lifeweforum.org - Rosamond Hutt Residents of Zurich enjoy the best quality of life in the world, according to Deutsche Bank’s latest research. The Swiss city overtook New Zealand’s …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum How to follow our #amnc19 meeting in Chinaweforum.org - Beatrice Di Caro Globalization 4.0 represents fundamental shifts in the global economy that are reshaping companies, communities and countries at unprecedented speed …
World Economic ForumPlay buttonRobotics This tiny robot could one day save your lifeweforum.org - Kristin Houser Rather than walk, the bot rapidly bounces around on its single leg like a Tigger that just guzzled a case of Mountain Dew. It can nimbly navigate an …
World Economic ForumMuseums These are the world's most-visited museumsweforum.org - Niall McCarthy In 2018, the Louvre in Paris was the world's most-visited museum, attracting 10.2 million visitors. It showcases around 38,000 different objects over …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum This is how quality early education can cross generationsweforum.org - University of Chicago As reported in a pair of companion papers, the children of children who participated in a landmark 1960s study saw improvements in education, health, …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum This South Asian country is using hospital boats to provide healthcareweforum.org - Naimul Karim Living on a secluded island in northern Bangladesh, several hours from the nearest hospital, Abdul Jalil believed he was destined to die blind. That …
World Economic ForumSocialism Over 40% of Americans now call socialism a 'good thing'weforum.org - Paul Ratner Are Americans more accepting of socialism? Once a political slur, socialism has come back into the public consciousness, bolstered by the appeal of …
World Economic ForumChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor China tries to win over critics of the new Silk Roadweforum.org - Syed Munir Khasru China has invested billions of dollars in building highways, ports, and railways in more than 60 countries since 2013, as part of its Belt and Road …
World Economic ForumPlay buttonWorld Economic Forum Three tips for breaking through bias and seeing evidence more clearlyweforum.org - Alex Edmans Business has lost the public’s trust, on both sides of the Atlantic and Channel. As a result, regulators are implementing overdue reforms to ensure …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum How Britain’s backyard bird feeders are shaping evolutionweforum.org - Emma Charlton Britain’s love affair with garden birds is reshaping its avian population. Several species have grown in number and overall diversity has increased, …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum A new kind of company is revolutionising Africa's gig economyweforum.org - Aubrey Hruby For more than 30 years, governments and international development organizations have followed the same recipe for formalising the world’s informal …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Planes can now fly for 21 hours non-stop. But are people ready?weforum.org - Douglas Broom At 21 hours and covering almost 17,000 kilometers, a direct flight from Sydney to London would be the longest in the world. Travelling this far …
World Economic ForumFourth Industrial Revolution This South Korean company has built a 5G search and rescue airshipweforum.org - Douglas Broom It’s surprising more people aren’t excited about 5G given its potential. Although more than half of global consumers expect it to deliver faster …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum 7 ways business can be agents for peaceweforum.org - Victoria Crawford The last decade has shown a steady decline in the level of peace around the world, as civil wars, terrorism and rising violence become increasingly …
World Economic ForumBurnout Burnout is making us worse at our jobs, according to the WHOweforum.org - Cassie Werber “Burnout” is big this year. The term has been applied to everything from being tired at the weekend to the malaise of an entire generation. Now the …
