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Income Gap and Unemployment to Dominate International Agenda in 2014

The Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014 finds structural unemployment, widening income gaps and falling confidence in economic policies among the top ten trends for world leaders in 2014 Tension in the Middle East and North Africa and inaction on climate change also rated as top concerns The Outlook report, which is based on a survey of more than …

Global Experts Poll: Economic Confidence Up Significantly in Second Quarter

Economic Confidence Index rises to 0.48 from 0.43 last quarter, closer to optimistic territory above 0.5 Indices tracking confidence in global governance and global cooperation make similar gains Eighth quarterly Global Confidence Index polled 304 experts from business, government, international organizations and academia who are members of the Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils Geneva, Switzerland, …