Stéphanie Thomson is a writer and editor at the World Economic Forum.
After spending hours trawling through job listings, you’ve finally come across the perfect role. You’ve got the qualifications, the experience and the soft skills the company is after. Al...
It’s a captivating image: as the seasons start changing, look up at the sky and you’ll no doubt see hundreds if not thousands of birds migrating towards more hospitable climates. And it’s...
The Italian lifestyle is the envy of many. The food, the climate, and other aspects of la dolce vita have given the country the world's healthiest people. As if that wasn't enough, data f...
It’s been said that there has never been a better time to be born female. No doubt it’s true. But it’s also a fact that no country in the world has closed its gender gap.
What do Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Rwanda have in common? Not a lot, at least at first glance. For starters, all four Nordic countries are what the World Bank classes as high in...
You might not have thought so when you were struggling through your Spanish class at school, but as we get older, most of us come to appreciate the wonder that is language.
Después de casi una década de crecimiento económico, crecimiento que ha ayudado a sacar a millones de la pobreza, los últimos dos años han sido un gran desafío para América Latina. Dos añ...
If yesterday was about analysing the challenges facing the region, today was about coming up with solutions. Here are some of the highlights from the final day of the World Economic Forum...
After almost a decade of economic growth – growth that has helped lift millions out of poverty – the past couple of years have been challenging for Latin America. Two consecutive years of...
Latin America is in the economic doldrums. After almost a decade of progress, GDP has been negative for the past two years, making it the region’s worst contraction since the 1980s.
When you hear the stories behind some of today’s most successful companies, it can be easy to forget just how hard it is to set up and scale a business.
There’s no such thing as “man’s work” or “women’s work”, so why is it some industries and roles still struggle when it comes to achieving gender parity? Take the Fortune 500: last summer,...
It’s been a tough few years for Ireland. In less than a decade, it went from being one of Europe’s success stories – before the financial crisis, experts like Thomas Friedman implored oth...
When you get to the office this Wednesday, look around. Do you spot anything different? Notice anyone missing? There’s a good chance you’ll see far fewer of your female colleagues than us...
Protests, heightened ideological divides, a spike in hate crime: 2017 has got off to a rocky start, and many people are looking for a way to switch off from it all, if only for a few hours.
