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 6, 2025 · First, growth alone does not necessarily improve living standards. Instead, measures such as redistribution and better working conditions are also essential. Recent work by the OECD found that improving working conditions by, among other measures, making jobs more secure and reducing tensions between workers and management improves the well ...

Dec 11, 2024 · China has been a key driver of global growth for a number of years, but Asia's rising influence on the global economy and its critical role in growth is spreading. Consider, for example, the latest Chief Economists Outlook, which saw much more optimism for growth on the continent - with the notable exception of China - than in other regions.

Feb 24, 2025 · ‘Reimagining growth' was a key theme of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos. The world needs faster economic growth, leaders and experts said, though challenges also relate to how growth is achieved – and whether it aligns with other important national and global priorities.

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.

Jan 8, 2025 · Farmworkers top the list. Green transition trends, including efforts to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the climate crisis, will drive growth that will create 34 million additional jobs by 2030, adding to the 200 million farmworkers today. Widening digital access and the rising cost of living are also contributing to the profession’s growth.

Jun 24, 2024 · Even if growth slows to 3%, China’s 2030 GDP will still be around $5 trillion more than in 2022. As the world’s second largest economy, China also continues to redefine global standards and push the boundaries of innovative global industries such as electric vehicles, renewable energy and the digital economy.

Jun 15, 2022 · If economic growth continues to be the default goal, it will lead to climate catastrophe, the argument goes, with no hope of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. It seems to be no coincidence that global warming caused by humans started around the 1830s , scientists believe, when the world’s first industrial revolution was at its height.

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.