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This past week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) hosted its 44th Annual Meeting 2014 in Davos-Klosters, . Every year, the WEF brings together the leaders of the world to reflect on the past year and discuss the significant global issues to focus on for the year. The list of attendees are considered the world’s most influential leaders including government officials, economists, top corporate executives, actors and activists, among other prominent figures.
This year the theme of the event was The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, Politics, and Business. As the 44th WEF annual meeting comes to a close, attendees return to their respected countries to begin targeting and improving on On the agenda was the emphasis of five key datasets that represent these issues. The first is among rich and poor as , , and are struggling the most with wide gaps between the two groups. The second is the slowing or falling of GDP growth with , , and experiencing the most significant drops. This data especially raises concern since the . The third is high unemployment rates with , and among the highest. The fourth is government debt relative to a percentage of GDP and the concern of countries being unable to pay their deficits with , , and having the most debt. The final and fifth is climate change as a result of increasing CO2 emissions as the , , and released the most amounts of carbon emissions per capita.
Feel free to comment on what you think is the most crucial issue of the five to improve on!
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