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  'Future proofing' the agriculture sector

  Published on 01/06/2013

  » Asian economies stand vulnerable to climate change. Some of the most significant impacts are expected to hit the agriculture sector.

• BUSINESS

  Global environmental risk and China

  Published on 01/06/2013

  » Less than one year after the 2012 "Rio +20" Sustainable Development Summit, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has published its Global Risk 2013 report, in which environmental risk is impressively identified as one of the top global risks for the next decade.

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  The risky new world of 'Digital Wildfire'

  Published on 01/06/2013

  » The highly accessible internet not only facilitates the fast communication of information, but also poses new risks to the world, the biggest one being the misinformation that is spread either intentionally or unintentionally.

• BUSINESS

  Building a financial ecosystem in Myanmar

  Published on 06/06/2013

  » The pace of Myanmar’s development will depend in large part on its success in attracting foreign investors to help modernise the country. But setting investment policies to encourage responsible investment, economic growth and inclusive financial markets will be a challenge. <b>Michael Drexler</b>, senior director of Investors Industries for the World Economic Forum, discusses some of the challenges faced by the country in creating a financial and economic ecosystem conducive to development.

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  WEF Blog: mHealth: an idea whose time has come

  Published on 28/05/2012

  » Puja lives in a remote village in Bangladesh with her husband and his elderly father. She got married a year ago, and now she is pregnant with her first child. She is concerned about what diet to follow to ensure the baby is strong and healthy, but the doctor only comes by her village every second week.

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  Watch World Economic Forum live

  Published on 30/05/2012

  » Watch live coverage of the World Economic Forum on East Asia via LiveStream, here.

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  WEF targets education, bureaucracy, graft

  Chiratas Nivatpumin, Published on 30/05/2012

  » Education, bureaucracy and corruption were highlighted as among the greatest challenges constraining Thailand's economic competitiveness by speakers at the World Economic Forum in East Asia on Wednesday morning.

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  WEF Blog: East Asia 2012: joining the conversation

  Published on 29/05/2012

  » The 2012 World Economic Forum on East Asia is still one day away, but the discussions on the region have already begun. Kittiratt Na Ranong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Thailand, and Sushant Palakurthi Rao, Senior Director, Head of Asia of the World Economic Forum, briefed international media at the Thai Government House last night, prior to the start of the 21st meeting of its kind.

• BUSINESS

  Stiglitz: Austerity 'cure' may kill

  Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/06/2012

  » The world economy will become increasingly uncertain as weak conditions in the euro zone and the United States have barely improved, says Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Laureate in Economics.

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  WEF Blog: Gerald Lawless on Shaping East Asia

  Published on 01/06/2012

  » During this World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012, Gerald Lawless, Co Chair of the Meeting, took the time to answer some of Forum:Blog’s questions about how he sees the future of Shaping East Asia.

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