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Downturn to cost billions in aid to world's poor
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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The cost to aid budgets of the world economic downturn is headed for billions of dollars, slashing assistance to the world's poorest people just as it becomes harder for them to make money for themselves. In the United States, the heads of more than 50...
Tags: financial crisis, downturn, global financial crisis, crisis, world economic forum
World Economic Forum at Davos - Implications for Africa
by Felix Ngasama The world’s top politicians, businessmen, financial and economic gurus have completed their annual gathering at Davos in Switzerland. Unlike previous gatherings, this year’s occasion was a showcase of sheepish executives...
Tags: World Economic Forum, Davos, Global Financial Crisis, Protectionism, China, Anti-globalization protests, African leaders, Financial aid, Weng Jiabao, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama
DAVOS - INTERVIEWS: Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel prize for economics
Davos :: Switzerland | 10 months ago
Credibility we need to stop the bleeding" Joseph Stiglitz, Professor at Columbia University and Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 is not suprised at the fourth quarter GDP figures that contracted at an annual rate of 3.8%. He expected such figures, because of the...
Tags: world economic forum, nobel prize, davos
Davos forum speakers look for key to economic revival
Davos :: Switzerland | 10 months ago
Credibility They're pinning big hopes on emerging market nations, and a health dose of liquidity. A monster from the past – the liquidity trap – is back, for the first time since the Depression of the 1930s. With lenders keeping their cash holdings rather than investing,...
Tags: world economic forum
They were overwhelmed at the World Economic Forum!
It is far worse than they think! They obviously have not looked at the big picture. Our situation is far more critical than they realize. The world better get in gear! We may be in critical condition but we should be in the Intensive Care...
Tags: Crises, world economic forum
Barclays' Bob Diamond pulls out of Davos
Davos :: Switzerland | 10 months ago
Credibility Bob Diamond, the president of Barclays, has pulled out of attending the annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland following a volatile fortnight for the British bank. A spokesman for Barclays confirmed that Mr Diamond would not make an appearance...
Tags: World Economic Forum, Davos, Swiss, WEF, Switzerland
Today's contribution to the Atlantic Community Think Tank and the World economic Forum!
The other day I joined an Atlantic Community think tank, It is quite empowering to talk to like minded people of the world looking for real solutions to our problems. I have been caught up with this and was thinking of the WEF...
Tags: world economic forum, environment, war, future
Davos organisers hope to draw Obama's key crisis fighters
Geneva :: Switzerland | 10 months ago
Credibility US President Barack Obama's chief economic advisor and possibly his pick for treasury secretary are to attend the annual gathering of the world's elite in Davos at the end of the month, organisers said Wednesday. Larry Summers, director of the National...
Tags: world economic forum, obama, Davos
China to boost ties with Europe amid...
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility China is seeking to intensify ties with European countries amid a protracted global economic slump through its premier's upcoming visit to Europe, analysts said. China announced on Tuesday that Premier Wen Jiabao would make official visits to Switzerland,...
Tags: world economic forum, china, global financial crisis, European Union, China Daily, Wen Jiabao, premier wen, Spain, world economic, Switzerland
PM to lead small delegation to Switzerland
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 10 months ago
Credibility On the invitation of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will participate in its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, from January 28-31. The WEF organisers have invited 43 heads of state/government, major world corporate...
Tags: world economic forum, WEF, Switzerland
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