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In 2020, the global workforce lost an equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs, an estimated $3.7 trillion in wages and 4.4% of global GDP, a staggering toll on lives and livelihoods. While vaccine rollout has begun and the growth outlook is predicted to improve, an even socio-economic recovery is far from certain.
The choices made by policymakers, business leaders, workers and learners today will shape societies for years to come. At this critical crossroads, leaders must consciously, proactively and urgently lay the foundations of a new social contract, rebuilding our economies so they provide opportunity for all.
In this context, the Forum remains committed to working with the public- and private sectors to provide better skills, jobs and education to 1 billion people by 2030 through initiatives to close the skills gap and prepare for the ongoing technological transformation of the future of work.
As we navigate a period of economic uncertainty, this year’s two Pulitzer Prize for fiction winners examine our relationship with money.
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Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl went from high school dropout to software engineer, but his passion for aviation required a skills-first approach.
It’s natural to want to believe that history provides an instruction manual for the present, and that learning it will really help us avoid repeating grave mistakes.
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Higher education institutions need to prepare students for an AI revolution. These three fundamental reforms to higher education can help achieve this aim.
In Putting Skills First: A Framework to Action, developed in consultation with leading experts from the public and private sectors, we delve into “skills-first”, a term used to describe a...
The world's linguistic diversity is under threat as more and more indigenous languages are not being taught to children, according to academic research.
The world is changing at a dizzying pace — education and skills are not keeping up. The Forum and its partners have launched the Reskilling Revolution, which aims to equip 1 billion peopl...