Since 1971, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos has attracted the leadership of global corporations. Attendance may offer economic benefits through networking and political support or provide only private gains without measurable impact. Through creating a novel database of...

The Summit of the Future will bring together world Leaders, policymakers from all corners of the globe and civil society representatives from communities throughout the planet. At times of uncertainty, this gathering holds a responsibility: to pave way for a future where cooperation and...

The Summit of the Future will bring together world Leaders, policymakers from all corners of the globe and civil society representatives from communities throughout the planet. At times of uncertainty, this gathering holds a responsibility: to pave way for a future where cooperation and...

This report discusses the remarks delivered by the World Bank President, Ajay Banga, at the 2023 G20 India Leaders Summit "One Future" Session held on September 10, 2023. He said that we face declining progress in our fight against poverty, an existential climate crisis, food insecurity,...

We study gender inequality in conference acceptance using data from the Irish Economic Association annual conference from 2016 to 2022, exploiting the introduction of anonymised submission in 2021 to study the effect of blinding. While no gender gap is observed in the organisers' acceptance...