The World Economic Forum: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Global Governance (Global Institutions)
Twitter / Davos (Free subscription) | yesterday
davos: Schneider, Forum: Proposals developed @ Summit on Global Agenda will be taken to world leaders mtging in Davos; Qatar and beyond #WEFDubai
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Tentative global economic recovery raises questions about reforms in post-crisis world
Peter J. Cooper's Weblog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
This weekend Dubai is hosting a plenary session for the World Economic Forum that sculpts the agenda for the famous Davos event. There has also been the announcement of a new governor for the Dubai International Financial Centre who is charged with developing this landmark project over the next five years. Ahmad Humaid Al Tayer [...]
Forumblog.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Join the discussion with world leaders on the most urgent issues that need redesigning
charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
The future of journalism council at the World Economic Forum councils meeting in Dubai came up with a compelling statement on how networked journalism is the way forward for the global news media. In previous posts I outlined the debate and the final statement of the group. This post outlines the concrete proposal that the [...]
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Crown Prince of Dubai addresses Forum's Summit on the Global Agenda 2009
charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
This was the final statement from the Future of Journalism Council at the World Economic Forum councils meeting in Dubai. It is a collective statement by a dozen different journalists from around the world, so I think the degree of consensus is remarkable. The statement is designed to be published to world leaders as part of WEF at Davos [...]
charliebeckett.org (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
If you spend two days in a seminar with 12 journalists from around the world (just one American, one Brit) you are bound to come out with a more global sense of the future of journalism. Add to that the 0ther 600 delegates at the World Economic Forum in Dubai who are talking about everything [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On Tuesday, Transparency International (TI) released their 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing that many sub-Saharan African countries remain among the most corrupt world-wide. The annually-released index ranks how corrupt governments are perceived to be, according to international institutions such as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. The 2009...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Dubai economy is growing at a five percent rate, less than in previous years but ahead of the most cautious forecasts, the head of a government economic committee said on Friday. "Yes we are affected by what is going in the world but we are confident in the stability of the city," Mohammad Alabbar, also chairman of construction giant Emaar, told a World Economic Forum conference in the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
News of increasing wealth of country's richest sparks debate about polarisation of society In India, the rich just got richer. Despite one of the worst global recessions in history, the number of billionaires in the subcontinent has almost doubled since last year. Figures show that there are now 52 billionaires in India, compared with 27 last year. Over the course of the year, the stock market has...
Twitter / Davos (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
davos: World Economic Forum Global Redesign Initiative country hearing on energy security closes in Qatar http://tr.im/blog46 #WEF
Forumblog.org (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
World Economic Forum Global Redesign Initiative country hearing on energy security closes in Qatar
Sand gets in my eyes (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
You might not know it by the looks of things, but the women of Saudi Arabia are doing better today than they were four years ago - or at least according to the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report put out by The World Economic Forum. Sure Saudi still ranks near the bottom of the list when it comes to the actual gab between men and women, and sure it has fallen from a ranking of “just” 114 out...
Development Horizons (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I just returned from the first World Innovation Summit on Education ( WISE ) in Doha. Qatar has made a long term commitment to convert its natural gas revenue into a world leading research capital. WISE was a further statement of intent. With 6 or so US Universities already in residence at Education City, corporate R&D centres and Qatar University across the road, there are possibilities for new...
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