Topics: - Energy and Resources - Health - Information Technology and Telecommunications - Infrastructure and Urban Development - Manufacturing - Mobility - Science and Technology Participation in these meetings is by invitation only.

This year's meeting will address the following themes: - Inspiring Inclusive Transformation - Realizing Regional Integration - Regional Solutions for Global Resilience

Topics: - How can the new governments in North Africa respond to public expectations while managing sustainable economic transitions? - What regional mechanisms need to be in place to safeguard the prosperity of economies facing resource scarcity and rapid population growth? - What are the...

Under the theme “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”, the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa will provide an important platform for regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to deepen the continent’s integration agenda and renew commitment to a sustainable path...

In 2013, Latin America will need to continue to grow for the benefit of society at large while ensuring the modernization of its economies and the strengthening of its democratic institutions. With the full support of President Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso, the Government of Peru and the...

The World Economic Forum on Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia will therefore convene over 1,000 leaders in Istanbul, Turkey, to catalyse new partnerships for growth and human development. - In light of the global economic contraction, how can governments and business leaders...

The 22nd World Economic Forum on Africa, held for the first time in Ethiopia, is a unique opportunity to explore one of the world’s oldest cultural heritages and one of the fastest-growing African economies. Discussions will explore the key drivers that will see sub-Saharan Africa produce...

Keywords: foreign aid; official development assistance (ODA); development finance; Africa; freedom, democracy and human rights; growth and employment; gender equality; stability and fragility; and environment and climate.

Recent shifts in the Arab world coupled with an economic contraction at the global level have created a new urgency for decision-makers across the region: the need to address the fundamental conditions required to revive growth and support human development. Now more than ever, it is critical to...

The insights of behavioural economics have begun to be applied to development economics and in particular to the behaviour of poor households in poor economies. Does poverty promote departures from the standard text book model of rational choice? Do such departures in turn promote poverty and...