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Children at the Lisbon Hub holding up the book on financial literacy

Education and Skills

How storytelling is teaching children around the world financial literacy

Now more than ever, financial literacy and awareness is essential. Global Shapers across the world are working to educate children on the first step of financial security: savings.

Pedro Rocha e Mello, Anurit Kanti, Rita Lousa and Shankar Keshav Prasad

April 30, 2024

Hilde Schwab, Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship,Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Francis KÃ©rÃ©, Architect, KereArchitecture, Germany, Nile Rodgers, Chairman and Co-Founder, We Are Family Foundation, USA; Cultural LeaderMichelle Yeoh, Actress, Producer, United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador; Cultural Leader The Crystal Awards 2024 session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 15 January. Congress Centre - Congress Hall. Copyright: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell

Arts and Culture

Robot rock stars, pocket forests, and the battle for chips - Forum podcasts you should hear this month

Pop legend Nile Rodgers on what makes a hit song ; pocket forests; and the quest for chips - a round up of the best Forum podcasts from the past month.

Robin Pomeroy and Linda Lacina

April 29, 2024

Anna Marks, Global Chair, Deloitte, United Kingdom; Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum; David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom; Faisal Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning of Saudi Arabia; Maroun Kairouz, Head of Middle East and North Africa, World Economic Forum; Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan; Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer, Moderna, USA; Speaking in the Closing Plenary: Rejuvenating Growth session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development 2024.

Geo-Economics and Politics

5 things to know about the #SpecialMeeting24

At the World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development, five common threads emerged across the sessions.

Gayle Markovitz

April 29, 2024

Cobalt, copper and nickel in tis natural and raw form: Slow electric-vehicle growth has caused a volatile market but critical mineral derivatives could be the answer.

Financial and Monetary Systems

Revitalizing the future economy: Critical mineral derivatives could bring stability

Critical mineral derivatives could be a promising solution for supply problems and price volatility, bringing stability to the critical minerals economy.

Reese Epper, Brad Handler and Morgan Bazilian

April 29, 2024

Four workers at their laptops at a table in casual attire: Two hundred and eighteen job types are conducive to becoming global digital jobs.

Jobs and the Future of Work

How to realize the potential of rising digital jobs

Two new World Economic Forum papers predict that an increasing number of higher-paid roles will become global digital jobs.

Stéphanie Bertrand and Audrey Brauchli

April 29, 2024

Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia; and Africa's Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria; and Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

Geo-Economics and Politics

‘We are moving forward’: African presidents at the #SpecialMeeting24 call for inclusivity and collaboration

African leaders were among those attending this week's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development. This is what they had to say.

Julie Masiga

April 29, 2024

#SpecialMeeting24: Key highlights from voices representing the 'Global South perspective'.

Geo-Economics and Politics

Global South leaders: 'It’s time for the Global North to walk the talk and collaborate'

The World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development saw a distinctive focus on the 'Global South perspective' - here are the key highlights from participating leaders.

Pooja Chhabria

April 29, 2024

An engineer walks around the steam engine that takes spectators to see thecross country events in Soldier Hollow during the Salt Lake 2002 OlympicWinter Games, early February 15, 2002. The Games run through February 24. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueRR

Fourth Industrial Revolution

What's an 'intelligent economy' and why are some economies more intelligent than others?

Countries are pumping resources into building ‘intelligent' economies, to gain economic heft and a stronger hand in shaping the future. It's a global push with historical parallels.

John Letzing

April 29, 2024

MENA, Generative AI, intelligent economies, digital transformation

Emerging Technologies

4 steps for the Middle East and North Africa to develop 'intelligent economies'

MENA faces several major challenges, but alongside addressing these, it needs to prepare itself for the emerging era - the age of intelligent economies.

Maroun Kairouz

April 29, 2024

Bisher Hani Al Khasawneh, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Mirek DuÅ¡ek, Managing Director, World Economic Forum; Mohammad Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority; Mostafa Madbouli, Prime Minister of Egypt; Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, United Nations, New York; Speaking in the Briefing on the Gaza Crisis session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development 2024. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 29 April 2024. King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center, Plenary.Copyright: World Economic Forum/Deepu Das

Resilience, Peace and Security

World leaders, humanitarian experts discuss crisis in Gaza at #SpecialMeeting24

Leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development to discuss the worsening situation.

Spencer Feingold

April 29, 2024

Three white wind turbines on the sea: Regional tensions risk the stability needed for business expansion and deepening Asia-Middle East relations for the energy transition.

Energy Transition

The evolving dynamics of Asia-Middle East relations during the energy transition

Exploring the strategic shift in Asia-Middle East relations amid evolving global energy dynamics and economic opportunities.

Hidemitsu Kibe

April 29, 2024

Regenerative agriculture can help farmers protect the ecosystem.

Nature and Biodiversity

How to finance the transition to climate-smart agriculture

A shift towards regenerative agriculture can improve our ecosystems. But farmers need support to change their practices via access to better funding models.

Greg Goodwin and John Stackhouse

April 29, 2024

Electricity pylon in the distance on top of a field: Technological development could help overcome the barriers to industrial electrification.

Nature and Biodiversity

Governments could be the gateway to industrial electrification and a sustainable future

Governments are key gateways to a sustainable future by effectively taxing and subsidizing energy and influencing industrial electrification.

Jan Rosenow, Cristina Oyón, Natalia Zabolotnikova and Xabier Mugarza Zorriqueta

April 29, 2024

A lithium conversion plant in La Negra, Chile.

Energy Transition

Is the world replacing oil dependency with critical minerals?

Growing dependency on critical minerals for the energy transition is leading to anxieties over continuing supply and the geopolitical influence they bestow

David Victor and Joisa Saraiva

April 29, 2024

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