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# World Economic Forum


## World Economic Forum


* ![Aftermath Floods In Indonesia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9899f50721a329c5/698a08cbb3fce3f66e0c62b4/GettyImages-1191561700.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2020  
## [The World Is Becoming Less Stable. To Fix It, We Must Learn How to Work Together Again](https://time.com/5764406/global-risks-world-economic-forum-davos/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Børge Brende
* ![Close up of gold bars](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta824624cdbcccfd0/6988f8f086f68e0b456e7f82/gettyimages-141339701.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 22, 2018  
## [A 'Billionaire Bonanza' Is Driving Global Inequality](https://time.com/5111971/billionaires-global-inequality-income-oxfam-wealth/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters
* ![Key Speakers at the WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9979f306972a316a/6988d36b656a3f2b2cbd0963/gettyimages-801614236.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 27, 2017  
## [Chinese Premier Stresses Benefits of Globalization at WEF](https://time.com/4834399/china-li-keqiang-donald-trump-wef/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![SWITZERLAND-CHINA-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt583fe3a7a971ec35/6988b5bbcd1bba986a7039bf/gettyimages-631742278.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 17, 2017  
## [China's Xi Jinping Becomes an Unlikely Advocate of Free Trade at Davos](https://time.com/4635963/xi-jinping-china-davos-world-economic-forum-trade-donald-trump/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell
* ![US-POLITICS-OBAMA-TRUMP](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2634a126c0730cf9/6988b595ab6d77b5f16ac797/trump-obama-political-divides.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 13, 2017  
## [Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides?](https://time.com/4634816/davos-world-economic-forum-political-divide/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Katie Reilly  
* ![Business district, Jakarta.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0cc30b448dc6e44/6988956acd1bbacc3c700e47/jakarta.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 29, 2016  
## [The Next Industrial Revolution Is Coming to Southeast Asia](https://time.com/4347339/asean-world-economic-forum/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Saadia Zahidi
* ![Children run at a school in Lagos. More African kids are finishing primary school, but that’s just the beginning](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt969fe33451e5b176/698893cfbc6cfcc1693dd0ac/online-education-helps-african-students-but-needs-more-schools.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 19, 2016  
## [Online Education Can Help Africa—But it Can’t Solve its Critical Need For Real Schools](https://time.com/4341912/online-education-can-help-africa-but-it-cant-solve-its-critical-need-for-real-schools/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![An employee works inside an iron factory on the outskirts of Jammu](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe0c0adb56cb6dc2/69887a1ff887dc1364e9441e/rtr4o9jy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 21, 2016  
## [Finalists For the TIME India Awards Are Announced](https://time.com/4189640/finalists-for-the-time-india-awards-are-announced/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange \(NYSE\) on January 13, 2016 in New York City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0968455f27dced43/69887915f887dca6d1e9422f/stock-market-crash-prediction.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 20, 2016  
## [Here's Why Global Markets are Panicking Right Now](https://time.com/4187410/global-market-sell-off-china/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Rana Foroohar
* ![A logo sits on a glass panel inside the venue of the World Economic Forum \(WEF\) in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 19, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a186afe9cd57d5b/69877ae235ba6ff9adc069cb/davos-wef1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 20, 2016  
## [The 1 Thing on Everybody's Mind at Davos 2016](https://time.com/4186599/davos-2016-technology-jobs/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Rana Foroohar  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 19, 2015  
## [Global Pay Gap Could Take 118 Years to Close](https://time.com/4119774/world-economic-forum-wage-gap/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech about violent extremism to the audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f40b34e65f9d1e/69877b9c55a8598a75a856d4/kerry-economic-forum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 23, 2015  
## [Kerry and Hollande Call for Intensified Fight Against Terrorism](https://time.com/3680638/davos-world-economic-forum-john-kerry-francois-hollande/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Matt McAllester
* ![Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends a session of the World Economic Forum \(WEF\) annual meeting on Jan. 21, 2015 in Davos, Switzerland.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d7e8a8b52bce486/69877b38524fc065dcdec0e4/world-economic-forum.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 22, 2015  
## [Thought Leaders at Davos See Opportunities in 2015](https://time.com/3677503/davos-thought-leaders/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Matt McAllester
* ![A member of Boko Haram in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria, in 2012.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaca3921a982bc06d/69868e9a810bbb615cc917a0/boko-haram.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2014  
## [Terror Holds Nigeria Back](https://time.com/95580/nigeria-missing-girls-2/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rana Foroohar
* ![Honoree Aliko Dangote at the Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on April, 29, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6aeed1da9a12bd10/69868d0b55a8593937a80954/time-100-gala-aliko-dangote.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 8, 2014  
## [An Hour With Africa's Richest Man](https://time.com/91816/aliko-dangote/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rana Foroohar

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