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Financial literacy and resilience

Financial and Monetary Systems Financial Advice is helping more people than ever. Here's how

Financial advice is helping more people than ever. Expert Meagan Andrews from the World Economic Forum's Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems explains how innovation is democratising access to finance. Find out more here by reading our latest report on the Future of Financial Advice: https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-financial-advice/

Financial and Monetary Systems Why encouraging people to save is the key to financial resilience

Financial and Monetary Systems Why international finance centres like Hong Kong are crucial connectors in a fragmented world

Financial and Monetary Systems 2024 Global Retail Investor Outlook

Financial and Monetary Systems Financing Growth For The Intelligent Age

Financial and Monetary Systems Future-Proofing the Longevity Economy: Innovations and Key Trends

Emerging Technologies AI is transforming finance, CFOs say. Here's how

Financial and Monetary Systems The Longevity Economy: Building a Future for All Generations

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Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems

Creating a financial system that allocates capital to support planet, people, and communities.

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White papers The Future of Financial Advice

Financial and Monetary Systems The Future of Capital Markets: An Overview

Leading Voices

Understand the perspectives of leaders and change-makers in business, politics and civil society.

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Geo-Economics and Politics

Climate change is still on top of the Global Agenda

Special Address by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission, European Commission

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Arts and Culture

We should not underestimate our individual power to do good

Watch the Crystal Awards 2025

Diane von Furstenberg

Founder and Co-Chairwoman, Diane Von Furstenberg Studio

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Economic Growth

This is a positive note that emerging markets did well in the last few years

Emerging Economies amid Shocks

Gita Gopinath

First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Economic Growth

All the ingredients for US will be the continuation of its strength

The Global Economic Outlook

Laurence D. Fink

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock

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Arts and Culture

I have always believed in the potential of children

Watch the Crystal Awards 2025

David Beckham

Co-Owner, Inter Miami; Partner, Authentic Brands Group

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Emerging Technologies

It is important that countries that are leading the race understand the risks and manage it

Watch the session The Dawn of Artificial General Intelligence

Yoshua Bengio

Full Professor, University of Montreal

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Emerging Technologies

Accessibility is key to the digital revolution

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Satya Nadella

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Gender equality is the best chance against global challenges

Arts and Culture

Michelle Yeoh

Actress, Producer, United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador

AI, people and our digital future

Emerging Technologies The Intervention Journey: A Roadmap to Effective Digital Safety Measures

With the increasing digitization of society, online harms – such as child sexual exploitation, scams, privacy violations and disinformation – are growing in complexity and volume. Many organizations struggle to implement interventions due to limited resources, regulatory complexity and rapidly evolving threats, putting them at risk of legal and reputational consequences. The Intervention Journey: A Roadmap to Effective Digital Safety Measures proposes a detailed plan for how to implement digital safety interventions.

Fourth Industrial Revolution C4IR | Impact On The Ground | Transforming Healthcare with AI: Rwanda’s Innovation Journey

Health and Healthcare Systems Neurodegenerative disorders: Can digital speech testing help reduce global health inequity?

Fourth Industrial Revolution Hiring with AI doesn't have to be so inhumane

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Can AI fix the gender gap in STEM? Here's what the data says

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Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Advancing the human-centred and society-serving adoption and application of technologies.

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Fourth Industrial Revolution Navigating the digital safety journey: A guide to implementing interventions

Energy transition and green tech

Energy Transition How Africa’s green opportunity could change it from resource exporter to industrial powerhouse

African governments and firms must prioritize industrial policies and investments that push beyond resource extraction to capitalize on its natural wealth.