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How IT kick-starts economic development
Why trade deals shouldn’t try to prevent currency manipulation
What did Africa 2015 teach us about education?
How to tackle youth violence
Why local farmers are key to food security in Africa
Why the G7 climate commitment is so significant
How should social democracy adapt to globalisation?
How Ethopia became host to most of Africa’s refugees
A history of inequality in Latin America
How electricity problems are limiting growth in many African countries
5 illnesses genetic engineering could eliminate
How China is embracing MOOCs
4 steps for Latin America to boost long-term growth
How do remittances affect democracy in Africa?
The green school helping Egypt tackle climate change
How Ghana is tackling child malnutrition
A partial defense of gross domestic product
How women contribute $3 trillion to global healthcare
Is the US economy stronger than you think?
How should Europe and Algeria cooperate on energy?
Why Russia’s finances are not as vulnerable as they appear
How female business leaders are knocking on the doors of Africa’s boardrooms
Why Europe must stand together to address migration
How to make data work for teachers and students
What are the health effects of homophobia?
Do people buy more when they expect higher inflation?
Where is the growth in Indian manufacturing jobs?
How desert farms could fuel planes using just sunshine and seawater
Why our ageing populations could help slow greenhouse emissions
3 business model shifts caused by the new wave of entrepreneurs
China’s global index inclusion delayed, Jack Ma reassures, and Greece talks
How to eradicate tuberculosis
Why we need to rethink commodity-backed loans to Africa
How to turn the G7 climate commitment into action
11 ways smart people sabotage their success
The 4 pillars of corruption, and how to topple them
Has Europe’s QE programme worked?
3 ways to get more people into manufacturing
Why Africa needs to become more like China
Are the poorest of the poor being lifted out of poverty?
Why Africa needs clean energy investment to get power to all
The improved data set showing no hiatus in global warming
How Vietnam is making its hospitals greener and safer
What causes brain degeneration?
Why the best exporters are not necessarily the best producers
How a safety net programme in Ethiopia is helping tackle gender inequality
Why is an ocean greenhouse gas so damaging?
How does the arrival of foreign supermarkets affect developing world consumers?
What should India’s smart cities look like?
Why we need to help Lebanon educate Syria’s refugees
Is the world prepared for a global pandemic?
Which African country gets the most venture capital investment?
Why we need a Global Apollo Programme to tackle climate change
2 forces transforming the financial services industry
Why we can’t save the Earth without saving the oceans
What’s the best policy to attract high-skilled migrants?
The radical solution to robots taking our jobs
What’s the best way of tackling poverty?
Do we need to make economic theories simpler?
Why the first letter of your surname matters
How will El Nino affect Africa’s farmers?
How mobile internet killed off Nigeria’s cyber cafes
G7 climate commitment, Apple streaming, and China inflation
13 things you should never say on your first day at work
How to become a master networker in any country in the world
Why the US should raise the estate tax
5 ways to sustainably develop our oceans
How to turn violent cities into engines of growth
Why we need to rethink inflation targeting
What can tourists do to help Nepal’s quake recovery?
3 steps to fix education in Africa
The economic case for saving the world’s oceans
Migration lessons for Europe from Australia
The submarine cables boosting Africa’s bandwidth
How do batteries affect the environment?
Why housing is healthcare
What do the latest US jobs numbers tell us about interest rates?
How we know carbon pricing really works
Greece: where we stand and what to watch
Why we need to exercise caution during the genomic revolution
How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change
Why language is so important in science teaching
How can the US tackle inequality in its education system?
9 steps to securing Latin America’s economic future
Why income inequality is bad for growth
What’s the definition of ‘urban’?
21 things you should do on your first day of work
How Tanzania is bringing power to its rural villages
What are the priorities for Eurozone governance reforms?
Deutsche Bank’s executive shake-up, Erdogan’s poll blow, solar panel theft
How technology is boosting business in Afghanistan
What does exposure to environmental chemicals mean for our health?
What to do when you’re offered a job and you need more time to decide
How to use drones for development
3 steps to big data leadership
Is technology destroying more jobs than it creates?
4 ways the global economy is being transformed
How to help robots handle uncertainty
How can South Africa tackle inequality?
4 steps to improving public-private partnerships
Why we need to rethink the informal economy
How to tackle secular stagnation
9 video highlights from AF15
16 quotes from Africa 2015
How the finance sector can drive Africa’s economic growth
21 pictures from Africa 2015
5 things to know about building business in Africa
Mind reading, a new dinosaur and other science stories of the week
Why water should be a priority for Africa’s leaders
Why we need a new plan for Greece
Why are mislabelled risks dangerous?
Is communication technology the key to unlocking Africa’s potential?
Why countries need to count their ‘outsourced’ emissions
3 problems with the way we think about nuclear power
Can wildlife survive in a modern Africa?
3 ways to end Africa’s energy shortages
3 ways African cities can bring hope to young people
How can we increase the number of women in Africa’s boardrooms?
Creating a better future for Africa’s mothers and children
3 essential lessons from Africa’s past
Why rich states can’t meet the 2020 climate aid goal alone
Could loyalty programmes help save lives in Africa?
How can we prepare financially for natural disasters?
The IMF’s health check of the US economy
How understanding breast cancer at a molecular level is revolutionising our thinking
How African markets are primed for explosive growth in mobile tech
Top 10 tourism-ready countries in Africa
How Europe can boost growth and tackle climate change
4 steps to improving education and health services
Can Africa deliver its own formula for sustainable development?
How big data can help improve access to electricity
Why Africa has a long way to go to get more women into the sciences
What can we learn from giant balloons on the edge of space?
How can we reduce private sector debt?
What’s needed to make the most of the healthcare revolution?
Can Europe survive without Greece?
Is India’s heatwave a freak event?
Were drugs to treat Ebola on pharmacy shelves all along?
What’s next for Russia’s economy?
How an increase in employment is transforming cities
What Greece really needs
21 must-read stories for the weekend
Greece delays IMF payment, Fed told to hold rates, and Opec meets
The philosophical problem of Magna Carta
16 things successful people do on Monday mornings
Why social selling is not about selling
Could we manufacture artificial hearts?
How increased typhoon intensity is linked to ocean warming
How South Africa is reducing its salt intake
Why Greece needs hope
How the travel industry can influence sustainable growth
Why Africa’s investment landscape is on the rise
4 ways technology can help fight future epidemics
How to make energy and the climate work for Africa
11 ways to help young people in conflict zones
Lessons from the Ebola response
How South Africa is helping deliver prosperity to all Africans
Why Africa’s young people should turn to entrepreneurship
For which global risks is sub-Saharan Africa least prepared?
Q&A: 60 seconds with Njideka Harry
8 ways Africa can raise farm productivity and boost growth
Africa’s competitiveness challenge in 8 charts
How empowered consumers are forcing supply chains to adapt
Reflections on 25 years of the World Economic Forum on Africa
How the Atlantic’s cool phase will change the world’s weather
Why the poaching crisis in Africa is worse than we thought
Does culture matter for entrepreneurship?
How we can feed the world
How an app can reduce food waste
8 key steps to fix South Africa’s migration policy
How to make power plants more efficient
How to bring energy microgrids to rural villages
The challenges of being a social enterprise
Q&A: 60 seconds with Kevin Taylor
How carbon pricing is achieving critical mass
Why reducing inequality is key to the success of Abenomics
Can Cambodia become the gateway to ASEAN’s 600 million consumers?
5 lessons from sub-Saharan Africa’s first public-private road
How can we increase women’s participation in international trade?
How to improve Europe’s financial supervision
Are Europe’s deficit targets pointless?
Why we must tackle violence against LGBT people
Do better roads really improve lives?
FIFA crisis grows, Tsipras defiant and alma mating
Can we really get to 100% renewable energy?
Why Africa needs new solutions to its education challenges
How Confidence Makes You Look Intelligent
How yeast provides new insights into obesity
How can we get development projects right first time?
What does the job-loss rate tell us about the economy?
12 ways you’re sabotaging your career
Can free trade bring an end to poverty?
What explains the decline in US public corporations?
How could a parallel currency for Greece work?
How new technologies are driving media consumption in Africa
What mobile banking can do for Africa
Time to rethink our view of Africa’s economy?
Looking back on 25 years of the World Economic Forum on Africa
Why Africa needs a new approach to healthcare
Q&A: 60 seconds with Paul Polman
Why businesses need to learn to share water
Why building resilience is key to Africa’s future
4 ways the G7 can boost investment in clean energy
How can Africa achieve the right kind of growth?
Merkel tops the power list and other top gender stories of the week
Why financial markets ignore climate change at their peril
How corruption is the leading indicator for political unrest
Why the world needs an emergency peace service
How female graduates are worst hit by the weak US economy
Could watermills help solve Pakistan’s energy crisis?
Q&A: 60 seconds with Winnie Byanyima
A breakthrough in understanding amnesia
Why STEM is vital for African development
Can online outsourcing create new jobs for youth and women?
Why China needs a new global economic order
5 new roles for the modern HR department
A new understanding of bipolar disorder
How we make emotional decisions
Should countries always aim to reduce their debts?
The long-term implications of Turkey’s election
Fifa scandal and Chinese ferry disaster intensify
How much do we know about the long-term legacy of aid programmes?
5 chemistry inventions that enabled the modern world
What does ‘cultural fit’ really mean?
7 simple ways to find work you’re really passionate about
Does financial development lead to more foreign investment?
What’s the easiest way to undo the harm of sitting all day?
How should we teach critical thinking?
How can we teach children to be innovators?
Are you missing out on this networking opportunity?
The 7 traps that lead to bad investment decisions
How young people are solving Africa’s agriculture challenge
How to default on sovereign debt
10 African super foods you need to be eating and drinking right now
Which jobs can’t be done by robots?
How to fix a problem like FIFA
12 facts that will make you look differently at Africa
5 charts on the African infrastructure paradox
How to accelerate inclusive growth in Africa
Q&A: 60 seconds with Mokena Makeka
How to make Africa work for the many, not just the few
In pictures: 25 years of the Forum on Africa
25 years of the World Economic Forum on Africa
The paradox of technology’s impact on inequality in Africa
Can we make international study open to all?
What the Internet of Everything will do for Africa
The economic impact of child abuse
How can we reinvigorate global trade?
How technology can transform Africa
What will it take to power all of Africa?
How leading US companies keep their employees happy
How Africa can make the next quantum leap in agriculture
Can we unlearn social biases while we sleep?
How did China’s WTO entry affect its companies?
What should we make of slow first quarter US economic growth?
How can we tackle gender stereotypes in science?
Why the Sustainable Development Goals must address modern slavery
The untapped learning potential of technology in Africa
Is technology shortening your attention span?
Q&A: 60 seconds with Barkha Moussa
How can we work together to tackle cyber threats?
Are you ready for 5 generations in your workplace?
6 financial sector challenges for emerging and developing economies
Is rising US income inequality due to inequality inside individual firms?
The 3 attributes of trusted leaders
Why energy efficiency is key to sustainable development
Emergency meeting for Greece, China ferry disaster, more Fifa fallout
How to construct an emissions reporting system
Could genetically modified immune cells fight cancer?
How can we solve the electronic waste problem?
The 20 jobs that robots are most likely to take over
Could an accountability partner help you achieve your goals?
What’s needed to secure a sustainable future?
Should we be concerned by rising debt levels in emerging economies?
How can we push for tighter security for nuclear weapons?
Have Arab youth lost faith in democracy?
Why is China creating so few new jobs?
3 ways Africa can boost innovation
What progress has been made towards gender equality?
Why your smartphone could be good for your mental health
How should Africa handle UN Security Council reform?
How to bridge Africa’s infrastructure gap
What does the future hold for Cuba?
How can Africa manage the effects of climate change?
Why austerity was the right policy for the UK, part 2
Q&A: 60 seconds with Ally Angula
Q&A: 60 seconds with Saadia Zahidi
Q&A: 60 seconds with Alex Wong
How can Africa cash in on its demographic dividend?
Why does socio-economic hardship affect men and women differently?
What are the next steps in Africa’s economic transformation?
Why sustainable investments make good business sense
How should we prevent asset price bubbles?
Why closing Africa’s gender gap will benefit everyone
How DNA is helping us fight back against pest invasions
From problem to paradox: 2 social innovations from India
Would a Greek default strengthen anti-austerity parties in other countries?
Why we need to think about the mental scars of Ebola
What do Greece and Argentina have in common?
How bacteria can help detect cancer
Making the next 15 years count for Africa
What incentives will prevent deforestation?
Why mobile phones are the pathway to the internet in Africa
How synthetic spider silk could change medicine
The importance of user experience testing
4 research-backed signs you’re meant to be an entrepreneur
Why Syria needs a peace roadmap like Bosnia’s
How can Europe keep itself together?
Could computer chips made out of wood make smartphones cheaper?
Can technology help improve the efficiency of irrigation?
How big data is supporting food security
How does the mass university affect learning?
Why America needs to strengthen its unions
Why we all need to be clear on the limits of economic theories
Why digitization is an opportunity for Africa
How Sweden shows decoupling GDP growth from CO2 emissions is possible
Why the US needs an open debate on the TPP
3 steps to boost growth in Europe
How can Malawi protect its forests?
Shadow banks win share, manufacturing activity slows, and appy daze
How to help robots work together
How to simplify Europe’s fiscal rules
Does better education really drive economic growth?
The tests facing Nigeria’s new government
Why the global economy is facing a liquidity crisis
Ray guns, robotic cheetahs and other science stories of the week
What’s causing America’s low inflation?
What’s next for Greece and the Eurozone?
Who is coming to our Africa 2015 meeting?
What is the business view on human rights?
Why FIFA also needs to address the treatment of Qatar’s migrant workers
17 must-read stories for the weekend
Why tackling the stigma around menstruation is key to gender equality
How can science help reach development goals?
The simple trick to being happy and productive at work
How John Nash’s legacy lives on in business strategy
Can we control robotic limbs with our minds?
Do governments manipulate fiscal policy to win elections?
Why do investors give less money to female entrepreneurs?
How will an increase in bonus payments affect inequality in the US?
A further advance in quantum computing
Why the ocean ecosystem is so sensitive to climate change
What Europe should learn from its previous refugee crisis
What caused the US housing bubble?
How focusing on similarities can improve teaching
How Brazil can return to strong and inclusive growth
Why it’s time for climate action in southern Africa
A new understanding of schizophrenia
Can we harness the benefits of steroids without the risks?
Why we need more data on European migration
Could a green micro-break boost your productivity?
Why US scholars need access to public and private big data
The email habits of 10 top business leaders
Can we hack the central nervous system?
Why Europe’s history gives it a duty to solve the refugee crisis
How should universities measure success?
Why we need a better way to encourage innovation
Fifa vote, China stock shock, jest by chocolate
Which personality types are most likely to clash at work?
Could this exercise be critical to your success?
How to follow our Africa 2015 meeting
9 mega-trends shaping the future of Africa
Should wellbeing be at the heart of development policies?
Top 7 African design trends
Why would fixing your work-life balance help the environment?
Why austerity was the wrong policy for the UK, part 2
Could a new type of vaccine help fight cancer?
To empower women, prioritize their social and economic rights
Should cities generate their own electricity?
How technology bolsters patient care
How to convince workers to stop smoking
Why Africa needs to find new ways to fight corruption
How John Nash made modern economics possible
How does income inequality affect high school dropout rates?
Big data explained in less than 2 minutes
Why the US needs to end corporate welfare
How does evolution work?
How many hungry people are there in the world?
Why weak cyber governance is putting global businesses at risk
How is the Internet of Things evolving?
Can we control robotic arms with our intentions?
Why are most of the world’s hungry people farmers?
Are concerns over China’s housing market warranted?
Fifa crisis, Norway’s oil fund out of coal, robot overlords
Why the world’s least-polluting nations aim to set Paris climate bar high
How sharing your success is perceived as bragging
What’s the future of risk leadership?
What is China’s strategy with the AIIB?
How should the Greek crisis be handled, according to economic theory?
Why has a once-stable Antarctic region suddenly started melting?
Is 2 degrees really a safe climate change limit?
10 ways Europe can boost financing for its high-growth companies
How much should you ask for in a salary negotiation?
Why Europe’s largest energy companies support carbon pricing
5 smart data tips for new CIOs to drive business
How much do we really know about the human brain?
The most common mistake made during tech job interviews
5 insights into China’s slowing economy
Why America must reject currency manipulation legislation
Q&A: Women’s economic empowerment in Africa
Solving the problem of youth unemployment in the MENA region
Why 80% of this island nation is overweight
What makes companies call it quits?
Video: How new technology merges the physical and virtual worlds
Why we need to invest in pre-school education
How much progress has been made toward universal primary education?
Video: Can we protect ourselves against genetic surveillance?
How can South Africa improve rural health?
How much does accessibility change transport projects?
Can our competitive natures help reduce our carbon footprints?
Why farmers are the key to nature conservation
A breakthrough in producing graphene
How to rebalance Africa’s relationship with China
Why financial development can improve disaster response
How the Internet of Things can drive the circular economy
How to build companies that make a difference
Why fighting corruption in Italy matters for economic growth
Is nuclear power really zero emission?
How the global economy determines fertility and families
Why students need to travel the world
Are Europeans turning against free movement?
What is the real cost of coal?
How can China build the economy it needs?
Why we can’t blame the loss of mid-level jobs purely on robots
Why we need to invest in energy innovation
What’s the impact of seasonal adjustment on GDP numbers?
Why this key skill can make people highly effective leaders
How can South Africa tackle HIV drug resistance?
In which cities is it quicker to walk and cycle than drive a car?
How waiving remittance fees helps Nepal
How climate change is making California’s drought worse
Could this rule help tame your email inbox?
The IMF on China’s renminbi, French holidays, and too much of a good thing
Why climate pledges should include low-carbon R&D
The disadvantage of being good at your job
20 business books to read this summer
Can standards help countries participate in global value chains?
Why women should have a greater role in peacebuilding
Can shrinking big data help us analyse it?
3 reasons public-private partnerships should be transparent
How can women climb the leadership ladder?
10 great writers to follow on Twitter for climate change news
Why the AIIB must protect Asia’s indigenous people
Could manufacturing revive growth in the UK economy?
The key lessons on poverty reduction
How do parents distribute their wealth?
Why do so many startups fail?
How to run the AIIB
How could Greece introduce a parallel currency?
How Tanzania’s farmers are adapting to a changing climate
What are the key lessons on education technology from around the world?
How to help digital entrepreneurs boost development
What effect would a Greek parallel currency have?
Why universal basic skills should be the primary development goal
Will computers redefine the roots of mathematics?
Why India needs to focus on education and employment
Why austerity is the only deal-breaker for Greece
What’s the best way to finance development?
Are rich nations overlooking the dangers of climate change?
Why tackling climate change is the key to achieving new development goals
What are the implications of Italy’s pension ruling?
How the Internet of Things is transforming insurance
What’s needed for capital markets to finance development?
How to help Africa develop solar power
Why we need to close the fishing industry gender gap
The productivity pinch, Netflix non-fiction, a manifesto against meetings
A breakthrough in controlling light waves
How to turn a cell’s clock back
Why Nepal needs to get children back to school
How better note taking can improve your memory
Why the US needs to reinvent its education system
Is it really possible to manage overwork?
How to encourage public-private partnerships in the US
What does nuclear power really cost?
Top 10 quotes from MENA15
16 photos from MENA15
Why infrastructure is key to a stable Middle East
Solar sailing, big genomics and other science stories of the week
Why humanitarian intervention in MENA must change
How can we prevent fresh violence in the Balkans?
3 steps to solving the Middle East’s biggest challenges
How climate change threatens global financial stability
Why wellbeing should be factored into growth rates
Lessons on democracy from Tunisia after the Arab Spring
How can we create jobs for young people in the Middle East and Africa?
5 ways communities can counter violent extremism
Why MENA needs to embrace a start-up culture
3 disruptive innovations that are changing the Middle East
How technology can aid humanitarian response
King Abdullah II’s opening speech to MENA15
How should the world respond to the Syrian refugee crisis?
How cloud technology could boost economic growth
18 must-read stories for the weekend
For which global risks is the Middle East least prepared?
Is unemployment to blame for radicalization?
How to design better medical implants
Can the US use transport to improve social mobility?
Lessons from the 1975 British referendum on Europe
Can entrepreneurship end youth unemployment?
The technology helping to fight Ebola
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