Is Everyone Falling Behind World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026

Summary

The widening education and mental-health gaps for men and the enduring workplace barriers for women are creating a dual crisis ... A credible pathway to artificial general intelligence (AGI) is increasingly coming into view as advances in scaling, multimodal ... Forecasts of AI's impact on productivity vary widely, from those projecting a 15% boost in labour output across advanced ... Globally, the middle class had been growing by about 54 million people every year since 2011, but with the pandemic in 2020 that ... Manufacturers are embedding intelligence at every stage, from algorithmic design and AI agents to closed-loop recycling. The era of incremental change in banking is reaching an end. Instead of reacting to digitization, banks must adopt and instead of ... Central banks are facing growing pressure from digital currencies, trade-offs between growth and inflation and the politicization of ... Cultural leaders and science experts come together to explore the act of doing and of making do with what is at hand to create ... AI is disrupting the traditional entry point into professional careers by automating junior roles from law to finance to creative fields, ... Every $1 invested in housing generates $2-$3 in GDP impact through construction, jobs and services. Tight housing markets, in ... As trust in established multilateral institutions and governments erodes, new alliances and coalitions are emerging. Adapting to a ...