Expanding the Legacy
$160 Billion in Emergency Aid
World Bank President David Malpass has joined IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in urging bilateral creditors to extend debt relief to poor countries struggling to cope with the corona virus. “Many countries will need debt relief. This is the only way they can concentrate any new resources on fighting the...
Whatever Happened to BRICS
Hailed as the portent of a ‘golden decade’ in the flowery language of Xinhua, the China state news agency, the Brasília Declaration promulgated at the close of the last summit of BRICS heads of state or government in Brazil barely received mention in mainstream media. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and...
António Guterres Sounding the Alarm
‘You Are Failing Us’. From Abidjan to Zürich, and Zanzibar to Adelaide, and estimated 7.6 million concerned people took to the street to deliver that unambiguous statement to world leaders gathered in New York City for the UN Climate Action Summit. Between September 20 and 27, well over 6,000 ‘strike actions’ unfolded in 185 countries involving 820 organisations.
A UN Start-Up with Big Ideas
Shaping innovative ways to help implement, and deliver on, the United Nations 2030 Agenda, the Geneva-based SDG Lab seeks to bring together multiple actors to bundle and deploy their expertise, and exploit opportunities that offer shared benefits and add real value. In existence since June 1, 2017, SDG Lab is small and nimble as it engages with multiple stakeholders with a foot- or toehold in what is, arguably, one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities.
Less Is More and Other Wisdom from Davos
Less is more, and you better get used to it. That is the message US real estate tycoon Jeff Greene brought to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. One of the hundred or so billionaires to attend the annual powwow of the world’s decision makers, Mr Greene warned that Americans’ lifestyle expectation are too high: “These need to be adjusted so we have less and smaller things. We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”
Sharing and Caring in Davos
Over 2,600 of the world’s most notable people have ascended to Europe’s highest mountain town for a series of meetings that aim to address ‘key issues of global importance’. Nestled at 1,560 metres above sea level in a picture-perfect Alpine valley, Davos becomes the capital of the world for a few days each year as the town’s 11,000 or so inhabitants welcome heads of state and government, captains of industry, billionaires, and scores of other allegedly prominent people who arrive to deliver their take on global affairs.
Azerbaijan Making a Splash at WEF
One of the world’s fastest growing economies for ten years in a row, Azerbaijan is set to showcase its accomplishments and promising future outlook at the annual meeting of World Economic Forum starting tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland.
Davos: Income and Wealth Inequality to Top Agenda
On the eve of its annual flagship meeting in the Swiss Alpine village Davos, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a fourteen-point discussion paper on inclusive growth and the need to shrink the widening income gap. The forum calls on the world’s policymakers to refrain from ‘vaguely aspirational’ talk and tackle growing inequality in more ‘concrete’ ways.
Davos: Getting It Right Some of the Time
Davos - Pundits and assorted others in-the-know flock to the Swiss mountain village Davos in their hundreds on an annual pilgrimage that aims to explain the state of the world – invariable described as worrisome – and offers ways to improve matters – without fail rather impractical.
Who’s Packing for Davos
The ultimate networking event is set to kick off in a week with a record-setting 2,633 participants. The World Economic Forum (WEF) today released its list of invitees the organisation hopes to welcome in Davos, the posh Swiss ski resort where the event unfolds annually since 1971.
