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Building the accelerators. India’s Fourth Industrial Revolution.
National happiness vs. GDP: money buys some happiness, in some places.
On the Agenda
China dominates e-commerce. Why the digital boom and how to ride it.
When governments adopt digital payments? Corruption plunges.
The real reason you’re so tired. You should be sleeping twice daily.
Before financial inclusion can happen. We need identity inclusion.
What’s holding back entrepreneurs in Europe? Laws, education and debt.
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The World Economic Forum in the news
Forum chief vows support for South-North Korea summit. (Yonhap)
How can blockchain help countries get a fair share of natural resources? A new Forum partnership has the answer. (Economist)
The Top 100 women in FinTech. The Forum’s Blockchain chief, Sheila Warren, is among them. (Lattice)
Gender parity in Muslim majority countries. Cites Global Gender Gap Report. (Globe and Mail)
Plastic in the ocean is killing whales. Cites Forum report The New Plastics Economy. (CNN)
On our radar
The most valuable start-up in AI surveillance is in China.
A tech-led slowdown in trade? The Fourth Industrial Revolution’s macroeconomic challenges.
Is blockchain all it’s cracked up to be? A skeptic’s viewpoint.
China’s curing cancer. The recipe? Regulation, low labour costs and expertise in precision manufacturing.
Military infrastructure spending that spurred development: Roman roads.
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Adrian