As the World Economic Forum meets in Davos this week, Christian Aid has released a new report which draws on the agency’s decades of experience in development work to offer a critique of the idea that pursuing increased GDP is the best way of relieving poverty.
Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will speak the World Economic Forum in Davos on operational challenges, cyber warfare, innovative finance, and tech partnerships.
Eighty-two per cent of wealth generated last year across the world went to the richest one per cent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half saw their wealth flatline, according to a new Oxfam report.
A 21 January World Economic Forum session on how food choices can become a catalyst for positive change became an opportunity for World Council of Churches General Secretary the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to present “Ten Commandments” of food to the gathered business and political leaders.
As politicians and business leaders prepare to gather in Davos next week (20-23 January) for the World Economic Forum, Christian Aid questions whether Switzerland’s role as a haven for “dirty” money from poor countries makes it an appropriate host country.