Tag Archives: WEF

With the world becoming so fluid and changeable, leaders will have to share real-time insights and innovations on how to best navigate the future and inter-act positively on a plethora of issues.

Theoretical initiatives overwhelmed mostly the practical aspects of combatting corruption. But the “Panama Papers” has drastically changed the anti-corruption landscape, says one analyst.

The decline of cohesion and trust between countries and societies could lead to withdrawal of countries from an integrated and interlinked world, the 21st Century equivalent of medieval “walled cities” offering a sense of security and order as a means of protection from the “sea of disorder” on the outside.

Some suave banking crooks in Pakistan facilitate terror financing, an integral part of organized crime.  The military’s frustration at the government’s rhetoric not matching deeds is evident from their last Corps Commanders Conference. Pakistan must target these white-collar criminals funding the vital nexus between organized crime and terrorism.

The richest 1% would soon own more than all the assets of the 99% of the entire world population put together. Concentrated mostly in North America and Europe, a select group of individuals, almost 77% of the 1%, have actual control.  While the emerging economies are producing rich and powerful on an accelerated basis, the global economy is not being shared equally by all sections of society.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked the Maldives 97th out of 136 countries in the gender gap index 2013, falling two spots from the previous year. Whilst the Maldives scores highly in terms of educational equality, last week’s report shows it to be falling behind when it comes to economic and political parity between the sexes. The WEF’s Global …

After an inordinate delay Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has been appointed the NAB Chairman (National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan’s central accountability organization). A credible bureaucrat with an impeccable record, he has the right CV (resume). Bringing Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI lead by former cricket hero Imran Khan), the third largest party in the National Assembly (NA, the lower house of Pakistan’s parliament), into …