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What is World Economic Forum?

The WEF conducts annual meeting, to discuss global issues across several sessions, at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. Moreover, WEF also convenes regional conferences across Africa, East Asia, Latin America and India and holds two additional annual meetings in China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well.
The discussions at Davos meetings revovle around key issues of global concern such as globalisation, climate, international conflicts, markets, wealth management and their possible solutions.
 
The World Economic Forum also serves as a think tank that publishes a wide range of reports on global issues with focus on focus on producing write-ups on relevance in the fields of scenario thinking, competitiveness and global risks.
 
WEF launched the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) in January 2017, which is a global public private partnership seeking to scale circular economy innovations.

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The WEF 2022 took place at a watershed moment in history from May 22 to May 26

Updated On: 25 Nov 2024 | 5:53 PM IST

The economists at Morgan Stanley also said the economy appears to have room for even further expansion, given the path for additional capital expenditure - especially from private businesses

Updated On: 14 Mar 2024 | 10:52 AM IST

Beneath the high sounding words during the discussions, willingness to co-operate on trade and investment issues was missing

Updated On: 29 Jan 2023 | 11:23 PM IST

Telangana has attracted investments worth Rs 21,000 cr across various sectors during the recently concluded annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting at Davos in Switzerland, an official release said

Updated On: 21 Jan 2023 | 7:38 PM IST

With more than 50 high-impact initiatives were launched or profiled, world leaders gathered at the WEF 2023 in the first major international gathering

Updated On: 21 Jan 2023 | 12:27 PM IST

She said her message to the world is to "be pragmatic and collaborate"

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 11:26 PM IST

Advancements in AI, or generative AI, was the buzzword at all the discussions at the WEF

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 10:12 PM IST

Thani Al-Zeyoudi, the UAE's minister of state for foreign trade said other countries, including China, had also raised the issue of settling non-oil trade payments in local currencies

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 10:55 PM IST

There may be glimmers of positive news but leaders must not slide into "complacency", former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said

Updated On: 21 Jan 2023 | 12:17 AM IST

"India remains a bright spot amid global geoeconomics and geopolitical crises," he added

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 10:50 PM IST

We are very much looking at what we can do to acquire much more actively. Valuations are in a range that make more sense," Parekh told Bloomberg News in an interview at the WEF in Davos

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 4:30 PM IST

The UAE's trade deal with India aims to increase bilateral non-oil trade to $100 billion in the next five years

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 9:46 AM IST

Garuda Aerospace will manufacture over 25,000 drones in the next 15 months and will revolutionize the agricultural sector

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 8:24 AM IST

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Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 8:00 AM IST

Protectionism as a result of fear meant the governments closed down borders, making it difficult to export vaccines, says Albert Bourla, Pfizer's chief executive officer

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 12:46 AM IST

Carbon pricing is essential to unlock trillions of dollars in private capital needed to reach emission reduction targets, experts and business leaders said on Thursday

Updated On: 19 Jan 2023 | 11:58 PM IST

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also said in February that cryptocurrencies lacked the underlying value of even a tulip

Updated On: 19 Jan 2023 | 10:56 PM IST

Other countries are looking to set up institutions like the Australian one dedicated to protect people from digital harm, says Julie Inman Grant

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 12:24 AM IST

The two sides signed an agreement to this effect at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, M&M Ltd said in a statement

Updated On: 19 Jan 2023 | 5:47 PM IST

Dara Khosrowshahi's statement comes days after several IT companies have decided to hand over pink slips to their employees

Updated On: 19 Jan 2023 | 4:48 PM IST