Jan 21, 2025 · This is not just about responding to regulatory demands or shifting consumer expectations – it’s about capitalizing on the growth opportunities found in a rapidly changing environment. For procurement functions, this involves setting clear targets throughout the supply chain, leveraging data-driven insights, and fostering partnerships that ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Space technologies can tackle many of the world’s most pressing business and societal challenges. This report by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company shows that lower costs and improved access to space-enabled technologies such as communications; positioning, navigation and timing; and Earth observation services could take the global space …

Jan 9, 2025 · Together, their expansion is driving the rapid growth of certain professions. The fastest-growing jobs The report surveyed more than 1,000 companies around the world – representing 22 industry clusters and more than 14 million workers – to take the pulse of the job market and uncover how organizations expect it to evolve between now and 2030.

5 days ago · Economic growth is crucial, but GDP alone no longer captures the full picture. Discover why quality of growth matters as much as quantity and read more about this in our Future of Growth Framework

Jan 7, 2025 · However, this growth is expected to be offset by the displacement of the equivalent of 8% (or 92 million) of current jobs, resulting in net growth of 7% of total employment, or 78 million jobs. Frontline job roles are predicted to see the largest growth in absolute terms of volume and include Farmworkers, Delivery Drivers, Construction Workers ...

Jan 16, 2025 · In addition to subdued global growth prospects, the Chief Economists Outlook reveals intensifying pressures on the world’s economic interconnectedness. Almost all respondents (94%) predict further fragmentation of goods trade over the next three years, while 59% expect services trade to follow a similar path.

Global growth remains slow, projected at 3.3% in 2025, which is markedly lower than the global trend growth over the past 30 years of around 4%. Meanwhile, uncertainty remains high as the world continues to recover from economic shocks and navigates the changing geoeconomics.

Jan 16, 2025 · Europe’s growth is likely to remain below trend, weighed down by structural and political challenges. China is still struggling to boost consumption meaningfully, but its policy stimulus should prevent a more abrupt slowdown. Overall, this implies global growth will slow somewhat from 2024 but still achieve a decent rate of about 3%.

Geneva, Switzerland, 13 January 2025 – The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report released today highlights the increasing complexity in the cyber landscape, which has significant implications for organizations and nations. This complexity arises from the rapid growth of emerging technologies, prevailing geopolitical uncertainty, the evolution of …

Dec 18, 2024 · The growth of trade tech TradeTech is focused on enhancing the global exchange of goods by leveraging technology for improved efficiency . At the February 2024 TradeTech Forum in Abu Dhabi, over 400 trade and tech leaders discussed ways to improve transparency, foster cooperation between agencies, and enable data sharing for better risk management.