Marjo Koivisto is Senior Programme Manager in Economics and Finance a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum. She previously worked in private sector development operations in Africa, Middle East and Europe for World Bank’s Finance and Private Sector Development network, and as assistant professor at Exeter University, UK. S
The global innovation race is heating up, with advances in artificial intelligence, blockchain, biotechnology, data storage and other cutting-edge technologies transforming sectors and gl...
Over the next decade, ride-hailing platforms like Uber, Lyft, and Didi are now expected transition from human-driven, internal combustion engine cars to autonomous electric vehicles – inc...
More than half of the world’s internet users are now in Asia. The majority of the global middle class is in emerging markets (EM), and nearly 90% of the next billion entrants will come fr...
Urbanization is a defining trend of our time. In 1900, 13% of the world’s population lived in a city. By 2030, the urban population will have increased from today’s 3.5 billion to 5 billi...
As the second largest economy in the world transitions to a knowledge economy growth model, global markets and trade flows are acutely challenged by de-integration trends such as Brexit. ...
As hundreds of leaders meet in Medellín for the World Economic Forum on Latin America, here are some of the top economic and finance issues they’ll be discussing.
One. As 2016 gets underway, economic and financial leaders face a dual challenge: how to realize the opportunity of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, while facing the challenge of unstabl...
