Tag: World Economic Forum

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2009-01-31 "I don't think that there is any global warming.
Environmentalism and the global warming alarmism is challenging our freedom. Al Gore is an important person in this movement.
I'm afraid that the current crisis will be misused for radically constraining the functioning of the markets and market economy all around the world.
I'm more afraid of the consequences of the crisis than the crisis itself."
-- Vaclav Klaus, President of Czech Republic, speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum
2008-01-24 "They don't like us, but they need our money."
-- Kristin Halvorsen, Finance Minister of Norway, which has a $300 billion fund, in panel of World Economic Forum, Davos
2008-01-24 "It's the premise of capitalism that people own shares to maximize value. But if you think of an investment made by a state fund, there could be multiple motives. Perhaps we want the airline to fly to our country, perhaps we want the bank to do extensive business in the country, suppose we want suppliers in our country to be sourced, perhaps we want some disablement of a competitor for our country's national champion. When there's no assurance that value maximization is not being pursued, there is a potential question."
-- Larry Summers, former USA Treasury Secretary, in panel of World Economic Forum, Davos
2007-12 India has become a major global player in carbon emissions — it is now number four in the world in its overall carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and the EU. India’s emissions per capita increased by 50 per cent in the last 15 years.
-- World Economic Forum - Global Risk Network, report ‘India@Risk: Six global challenges ahead’
2007 ‘When asked about expected future impacts, concern is slightly greater, with 50 per cent expecting an effect on the business in the next five years...HIV/AIDS is causing more concern than both tuberculosis and malaria, and, although they believe the effects on the community will be greater than those on firms, Indian companies are slightly more concerned than other firms in the South and South-East Asia region’
-- World Economic Forum, the report: Business and HIV/AIDS in Asia: Pushing Back the Tide.
2006 Turkey still lags far behind Europe in practice in terms of gender equality, ranking 105th out of 115 countries.
-- World Economic Forum
2001 World Social Forum is set up as a rival to the World Economic Forum

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