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Market and enterprise-based solutions for development objectives are on the rise among actors both old and new. So why aren't more problems being solved? To tackle part of this question, we …

By the time Tom Brady kneeled down on the field to bring an end to Super Bowl XLIX, the game had become the most-viewed U.S. television event in history. Over …

A version of this post originally appeared as part of The World Economic Forum's Global Strategic Foresight Community series on members' perspectives on global shifts. "The manner by which work …

Tonight, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is sitting down with Google's Eric Schmidt for a fireside chat, livestreamed on YouTube, to discuss DOT's "Beyond Traffic," which looks at the …

"A quarter of the world's population—or 1.3 billion people—lack access to electricity. Close to 85 percent of those without electricity live in rural areas and 87 percent are geographically concentrated …

2015 promises to be a banner year of landmark progress for the universal health coverage (UHC) movement to provide health care to everyone on the planet. It's an ambitious goal, …

"The youth unemployment epidemic has no easy solution; the disruptions emerging today can either exacerbate the problem, or we can harness them to improve the lives of young people." Today, IFTF …

As we are gearing up for another year of building resilience and advancing inclusive economies around the globe, we asked our Twitter community (a wonderfully opinionated bunch if ever there …

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, an estimated 40 percent of the inhabitants live in informal settlements, making an accurate population assessment of a city known for its climate migrant inflow nearly impossible. To …

An executive survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit finds that 90 percent of business leaders believe that they have a role in building resilience and preparing cities for the …