Trust is crucial to business success; how to build and nurture trust is an increasing focus of business leaders. Phase II (2014-2015) of the Forum’s project on The Leadership, Trust and Perfomance Equation explores how trust issues manifest at the industry level and how organizations can...

Policy-makers are currently debating whether asset-pricing dynamics can, or should, be managed in the public interest. This initiative delves into the mechanisms of asset pricing to learn how to detect when and why bubbles emerge and how consequences can be mitigated. In its 2nd year, the...

As gender parity becomes a strategic priority for organizations and governments, demand is increasing for translating insights into multistakeholder dialogue, collaboration and action to accelerate the path to gender equality. In 2012, the World Economic Forum launched the Gender Parity...

Technology is perhaps the greatest agent of change in the modern world. While never without risk, technological breakthroughs promise innovative solutions to the most pressing global challenges of our time. From zero-emission cars fuelled by hydrogen to computer chips modelled on the human...

Trillions of dollars are needed to bridge the infrastructure gap. This report examines various elements of political and regulatory risk in infrastructure projects and identifies factors which need to be harnessed so that investment can flow more efficiently and in greater volume.

Since 2012, significant work has been done with Partner companies and key stakeholders, to design, launch and scale up programs to create a movement to change consumer attitudes and behaviour towards more sustainable lifestyles. The business challenge has been framed around the key question,...