Information Policy (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Sweden may be better known for cars and couches than computers, but when it comes to access to broadband and cellular networks, it's tops. The Scandinavian country leads the world in "technological readiness," according to the World Economic Forum. http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/25/computers-sweden-wef-tech-bizcountries08-cx_ew_0626wiredcountries.html
Canadian Dimension Articles (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1356/1/ 01 July 2008 This January, after little more than 6 months of negotiations, the Canadian Government announced the completion of negotiations of the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Poor transport and communications infrastructure, security concerns and inefficient administration are among the main obstacles to international trade in East Africa, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
Just In Just Out (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Future leaders graduate from World Economic Forum's unique Global Leadership Fellows Programme Graduates gain first Masters of its kind in Global Leadership Members of the 2008 graduating class successfully complete three-year programme combining full-time work within the World Economic Forum with rigorous academic training More...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
With reference to the article in newspaper publication on June 6, 2008 in Daily Graphic captioned "Government to extend free and compulsory basic education to senior high school" where it is reported the president said at the World Economic Forum in South Africa that due to the growth of the economy and the discovery of the oil in large quantities his government soon will make senior high school education...
ITREALMS Online (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Nigeria has been rated the 94th networked readiness nation otherwise known as e-readiness in the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report (GITR) sponsored this year by Cisco Systems as a series of joint project between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD. First launched in 2001, GITR has become a valuable and unique benchmarking tool to determine national Information and Communication
Gristmill (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
By Sara Barz The CEOs of 100 large multinational corporations -- including companies from carbon-intense industries -- have signed a World Economic Forum statement [PDF] that calls on the G8 to create a strategy to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050. The G8 will be meeting in Japan next month, and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will be pushing hard for an agreement...
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
South Africa has ranked 59th in the World Economic Forum's first Global Enabling Trade Report. Released last week, the report presents an analysis of the measures facilitating trade in 118 economies worldwide. South Africa's ranking placed the country within the top half of the index and ahead of other emerging market economies such as India (71), Brazil (80) and Russia (103). Regionally, Mauritius...
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Ninety-nine companies say a new climate change treaty with incentives to capture and store CO2 is needed to fight global warming, Bloomberg reports. In a statement prepared by the World Economic Forum and presented to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who will host a meeting of the Group of Eight nations next month, the companies, including [...]
Dexigner Design Portal (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Global Brand Forum called the Davos of Branding is unveiling yet another stellar line-up of the worlds leading brand and business icons to speak for the first time in Asia at this years Global Brand Forum in Singapore This years theme of t
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Developing countries that are major textile and apparel exporters, such as China, India and Vietnam, are lagging behind on removing barriers to enhance the flow and efficiency of international trade, according to a report from the World Economic Forum.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
SA RANKED an unimpressive 59th out of 118 countries in the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Global Enabling Trade Index 2008, a report which assesses factors impeding international trade.
Climate Change Action (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
As New Labour unveil their plan to achieve emissions reductions only 60% less than everyone else thinks is necessary, and even the World Economic Forum ask for 50% cuts and a firm legislative framework, our glorious leader heads for Jeddah to ask for some of the uber-profits to be ploughed into wind, wave and nuke back home. Just don't try enriching your own uranium, guys. That's not for the
Turkish Property Financing (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
The economy of United Arab Emirates is well set up to benefit from international trade, according to a study by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Researchers analysed data from 118 economies to evaluate which countries had taken the most effective steps to facilitate free trade. Hong Kong topped the resulting Enabling Trade Index, with United Arab Emirates the top Middle East economy in 23rd position....
An Inconvenient Blog (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Heads of 100 of the world’s biggest companies will today call on political leaders to agree huge cuts in greenhouse gases to stimulate a “green industrial revolution”. The statement organised by the World Economic Forum calls for “at least” a halving of global emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for climate change, intensifying pressure on the [...]
