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Global growth to weaken, India stands out with strongest growth prospect: WEF surveyIn its latest Chief Economists' Outlook, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said nearly nine in ten chief economists surveyed expect global gro...- World Economic Forum economists expect global economic conditions to weaken in 2026Global economic conditions are expected to weaken, according to World Economic Forum chief economists. Despite this, the outlook has improv...
- Ahead of Davos, economic confrontation replaces armed conflict as top risk in WEF surveyEconomic confrontation is now the top global risk, according to a World Economic Forum survey. Experts are more worried about trade wars an...
- US tariffs cloud India's manufacturing ambitions: WEFIndia's manufacturing sector faces challenges due to a 50% US tariff, impacting labor-intensive industries and oil imports from Russia. Gro...
- India ranks 129th on Global Gender Gap index, Iceland on top: WEFIndia dropped to 129th place in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2024, while Iceland retained the top spot. India ranks f...
- GDP growth in most countries neither sustainable, not inclusive: WEF studyA new report by the World Economic Forum has suggested that most economies are growing in ways that are neither sustainable nor inclusive, ...
- Geopolitical tensions, AI likely to weaken global economy in 2024: Chief economistsMore than 50% of global chief economists anticipate a weakening world economy in 2024, according to the Chief Economists Outlook released b...
- Economists divided over global recovery; India to benefit from supply chain changes: WEF surveyEconomists worldwide are evenly divided on the prospects for the economy, with equal shares of 45 per cent finding a global recession this ...
- Cost-of-living crisis to hit women hardest, report saysThe forum estimates that it will now take 132 years - down from 136 - for the world to reach gender parity, which the organisation defines ...
- World Economic Forum survey finds gloomy outlook for global recoveryClimate change was seen as the number one danger by respondents in the WEF's annual risks report on Tuesday, while erosion of social cohesi...
- Just 1% of Fortune 500 companies led by Black chief executives: World Economic ForumWipro Limited on Wednesday announced that it has joined the Partnering for Racial Justice in Business initiative launched by the WEF to pro...
- Wipro joins World Economic Forum initiative to advance racial justice, social equalityThe initiative is aimed towards driving action and accountability for companies to confront racism at a systemic level.
- Deglobalisation, inequality, remote working key economy-shaping trends in 2021: EconomistsDeglobalisation is seen as the least likely of the current trends to continue in the longer term; particularly as international coordinatio...
- WEF Davos 2021: Infosys, TCS join coalition to tackle workplace racismAnnouncing the international coalition during its week-long online Davos Agenda Summit 2021, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said it would w...
- Investment in upskilling can boost global GDP by $6.5 trillion by 2030The report, Upskilling for Shared Prosperity, authored in collaboration with PwC, found that accelerated skills enhancement would ensure th...
- Epidemics lead world's biggest short-term risks: World Economic ForumThe COVID-19 pandemic has already had a devastating impact on many livelihoods, as global lockdowns have led to job losses and business clo...
- Pandemic speeds labour shift from humans to robots, WEF survey findsSurveys of nearly 300 global companies found four out of five business executives were accelerating plans to digitise work and deploy new t...
- Long-lasting global recession likely due to COVID-19, says World Economic Forum reportTwo-thirds of the 347 respondents to the survey - carried out in response to the outbreak - put a lengthy contraction in the global economy...
- Being a woman got even worse in 2017: It will take 100 years before women achieve equalityThe global backsliding reflects a general slowing of progress in the world’s larger economies.
- Women are going to lose out the most when robots take over global workforceWEF says that while the creation of 2.1 million new jobs will partially offset some of the job losses, the fact that most of these roles wi...
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