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Traditional growth metrics like GDP fail to capture the broader dimensions of economic progress such as inclusivity, sustainability, and resilience. The challenges posed by climate change, technological disruption, and global interconnectedness require a shift from the "growth-at-all-costs" mindset. Economic growth remains crucial for raising living standards, but it needs to prioritize human capital, green technology, infrastructure, and resilience against global shocks. The World Economic Forum's Future of Growth Framework introduces a multidimensional approach to measure growth that balances economic performance with broader global and national priorities. Many economists believe that policymakers should prioritize policies that deliver a mix of economic growth and progress on other key goals.
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How to get the right kind of growth
By 2025, companies are preparing for a significant disruption in how work gets done due to the accelerating impact of AI. The use of AI is driving demand for new jobs and skills, transforming roles and careers, and fostering productivity and innovation. Executives recognize the need to embrace this change and lead their teams in implementing AI into operations and processes. AI adoption offers businesses financial benefits and increased workforce productivity, with 80% of executives believing it will promote a culture of innovation. To realize these gains, leaders must prioritize employee training and development in AI tools and create a test-and-learn environment to drive innovation and growth. By 2025, companies will be actively preparing for a disruptive level of functional change in working with AI.
2025: the year companies prepare to disrupt how work gets done
The majority of CEOs see AI as an opportunity and a key priority, but less than half have developed an enterprise-wide AI strategy. Before transforming their organizations with AI, leaders must answer three fundamental questions: how to explore AI, how it can help understand customers, and how it can reshape the workforce. Companies that experiment and scale AI initiatives strategically are finding the most success. AI enables identifying shifting customer needs, developing personalized products, and winning new customers. It also improves customer service productivity and narrows the gap between novice and experienced workers. Organizations must adapt to changing skill requirements and untether skills from specific jobs.
Education
3 key questions to kickstart your AI transformation
AI is transforming the way businesses operate in the Intelligent Age. There are four key areas in which AI can positively impact organizations: 1. Financial: AI can improve efficiency, understand customers, guide investments, and support new business models. 2. Human: AI can upskill employees, improve engagement, and create personalized learning experiences. 3. Social: AI can amplify collaborative problem-solving for social good, such as addressing healthcare accessibility and climate resilience. 4. Reputational: AI can both pose a reputational risk and provide an opportunity to enhance brand trust by using AI strategically and responsibly.
4 ways 'Intelligent Age' businesses can harness AI
Global cooperation is essential in navigating challenging economic times. Poverty, desperation, and inequality affect all countries and respecting borders. Collaboration at regional and global levels is crucial for the stability and prosperity of nations. Developing economies benefit higher-income countries by creating expanded markets. Cooperation leads to economic integration, stability, and reduced migration. Nations must come together to repair the leaks in the global economic ship. Ignoring the challenges faced by emerging market and development economies (EMDEs) is not an option. Global governance must adjust to tackle challenges and global institutions like the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund must adapt. Nations must take responsibility for their own growth, improve competitiveness, and strengthen governance. This requires new partnerships and forums for trust-building.
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Why global cooperation is key to navigating stormy economic waters
The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos 2025 focuses on the theme of "Industries in the Intelligent Age," highlighting the significant impact of AI, quantum computing, and blockchain on industries. The event brings together experts to discuss how business leaders can navigate the deep and structural changes brought about by these technologies. Key sessions include topics such as EV supply chains, tech interdependence, and AI's role in boosting productivity. Additionally, reports and launches address cybersecurity, digital transformation, and the potential of quantum technologies. The event emphasizes the need for industries to adapt and transform to thrive in an era of constant disruption.
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AI, tech and the 'Intelligent Age' at Davos 2025. Here's what to know
The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos 2025 will focus on the theme of "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age" and the key theme of "Rebuilding Trust". The meeting will bring global leaders together to discuss how to find new ways to collaborate internationally and within societies. Sessions will cover topics such as geopolitics, conflict, and diplomacy. The meeting will also address the challenges of the digital economy and the need for cooperation at all levels to address pressing global issues. Despite the geopolitical tensions and protectionism, opportunities for positive momentum exist in areas such as climate, innovation, and health.
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Geopolitics, conflict and diplomacy at Davos 2025. Here's what to know
The EDISON Alliance has connected 1 billion people to digital services since its launch in 2021. However, approximately one-third of the global population remains offline, emphasizing the need for further work. The experiences of the Alliance highlight the challenges of expanding internet access. Setting ambitious goals and collaborating with public and private leaders have helped scale the initiative. The Alliance's mission focused on fostering collaboration, establishing feedback loops, and amplifying impactful initiatives. Lessons learned include the importance of community engagement, scalability, sustainability, and addressing local contexts. The Alliance plans to continue advancing digital inclusion and leveraging its networks to drive meaningful progress.
ICT, Financial services
How to connect 1 billion people, and other lessons from the EDISON Alliance's internet access mission
The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos 2025 is focusing on the theme of 'Investing in People'. The meeting will address the impact of factors such as technological advancements, the green transition, and geo-economic changes on employment, skills, wealth distribution, healthcare, education, and public services. Key sessions will cover topics such as augmentation, women's health, digital inclusion, diversity, political representation, future economic policies, and healthcare. A report highlighted that while 170 million new jobs will be created by 2030, 92 million roles will be displaced, resulting in a net employment increase of 78 million jobs. Additionally, there is an insight report on fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Jobs, health and inclusion at Davos 2025. Here's what to know
Science diplomacy has the power to build trust and bridge gaps between nations, as demonstrated by examples of collaborations in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Switzerland is leading science diplomacy efforts through international cooperation. These collaborations highlight the potential of cross-sector cooperation in shaping a better future. Switzerland's reputation for neutrality positions it as a facilitator of global cooperation in science and technology. The article also discusses the risks and imperfections of GenAI and the efforts of researchers to ensure its transparency and compliance with regulations. Additionally, it explores how AI is being used to improve humanitarian efforts and support UN peacekeeping missions.
These 3 GenAI examples show the power of science diplomacy
AI and blockchain are being used together in the mining sector to unlock value and improve supply chain management. Blockchain allows mining companies to track and trace resources across the supply chain, ensuring transparency and mitigating risks related to materials sourced from unregulated areas. AI complements blockchain by enabling data to be analyzed in new ways. The combination of AI and blockchain is particularly valuable in complex and disrupted global supply chains, where it enhances visibility, trust, and accountability. Major players in the mining industry, such as IBM and Oracle, are leading the way in adopting blockchain for improved transparency and sustainability.
AI and blockchain in mining: Unearthing value in the emergent with the emerging
Europe must confront its vulnerabilities and rethink its role in the face of shifting power dynamics, the climate crisis, and technological change. The conflict in Ukraine revealed Europe's dependencies in energy, security, and supply chains, while its global GDP share has significantly declined. Europe's economic output is projected to remain stagnant by 2050. To navigate these challenges, European strategic interdependence is proposed as a solution. This approach involves safeguarding sovereignty and fostering collaboration through a balance of self-reliance and strategic partnerships. The report reflects discussions from the World Economic Forum's High-Level Group on European Strategic Interdependence.
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Open but Secure: Europe’s Path to Strategic Interdependence
Australia's foreign policy strategy in the Indo-Pacific focuses on building trust and cooperation through a combination of hard and soft power. As Donald Trump returns to the political scene, Australia's investment in diplomatic outreach becomes crucial for navigating potential challenges. The country's alliance with the US and its strong regional partnerships, particularly with Japan, allow Australia to shape the regional order in three ways: strengthening maritime cooperation, engaging with Pacific island countries on their own terms, and learning from Japan's experiences with regional powers. While military modernization is important, diplomacy remains central to maintain Australia's status as a preferred partner.
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Diplomacy first: Australia’s diplomatic push in a contested Indo-Pacific
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to develop new asset pricing models that leverage the power of large-scale transformer networks. By implanting a transformer in the stochastic discount factor, these models utilize cross-asset information sharing and nonlinearity to improve pricing accuracy. A linear transformer serves as a simplified version of the model, providing insights into its asset pricing mechanisms. Compared to previous machine learning models, the AI pricing model shows significant reductions in pricing errors. The study was supported by various organizations and institutions.
Artificial Intelligence Asset Pricing Models
The European Union's Green Deal has increased the ambition of its climate policy and added an international dimension. However, the internal and external dimensions are not systematically linked in the new European Commission, and there is little strategic diplomatic support for the measures. This lack of coordination hinders the meaningful advancement of European climate policy. Despite the changes in climate policy landscape and the need to address industry competitiveness, there is an opportunity for a new strategy process to coordinate the external dimension and achieve progress in European climate policy.
Financial services
The International Dimension of European Climate Policy
Treating disinformation as organized crime, focusing on dismantling networks rather than controlling content or platform access, would be more effective in addressing the root causes of disinformation. Laws similar to those governing organized crime could target scale, coordinated behavior, financial patterns, and systematic manipulation. This approach would allow governments and social media companies to target malicious disinformation networks and actors, rather than engaging in ineffective content moderation. Automated moderation and age-based platform access bans present challenges and impede freedom of speech. Laws treating disinformation as organized crime would require showing criminal intent, harm or risk to public safety, structured and coordinated efforts, and proceeds of crime.
To fight disinformation, treat it as organised crime
The integration of AI, sensor technology, and connectivity in autonomous systems is revolutionizing industries such as transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, and public services. These systems have the potential to meet global development goals, but also pose challenges like job market shifts and risks from autonomous weapons. Successful development and deployment of autonomous systems require collaboration between the public sector, private industry, and academia. Autonomous vehicles, drones, delivery robots, and humanoids are already being implemented in various industries. Governments worldwide are setting efforts to reap the benefits of these systems, and responsible development is crucial.
How we bring AI into the physical world with autonomous systems
The global implications of a second Trump presidency on the ocean are cause for concern among scientists and campaigners. Trump's history of downplaying climate change and his focus on economic growth and national security have led experts to worry about the impact on global progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the effects of climate change on the ocean. Trump has also shown a strong preference for privatizing ocean spaces and opposing offshore wind farms, raising further concerns about the future of ocean conservation under his administration.
What does a second Trump presidency mean for the ocean?
Global cooperation has stagnated in recent years, but there are opportunities to revive it. The second Global Cooperation Barometer highlights the challenges and potential strategies for bolstering cooperation in the face of urgent environmental, economic, and security challenges. The barometer measures cooperation across five pillars: Trade and Capital, Climate and Nature, Innovation and Technology, Health and Wellness, and Peace and Security. Although global peace and security have deteriorated, there have been positive developments in areas such as climate cooperation. Leaders must find new ways to cooperate and address urgent challenges.
Financial services
Global cooperation has flatlined. Here's how to reinvent it for a new era
The rise of misinformation and fake news online has highlighted the need for a new approach to trust in digital societies. Cybersecurity engineers have developed a security model called "zero trust," which challenges the default granting of trust to users and devices. By adopting principles from zero trust models, online users can use AI technology, human moderation, and blockchain to verify information more effectively. This approach involves a knowledge base with validated sources of truth, human moderation to set rules and boundaries, blockchain to record verification steps, and AI analysis to flag inconsistencies. These elements combined can enhance the overall quality of digital discourse.
Restoring trust online: what can we learn from cybersecurity's zero trust models?

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