Global Risk Report - 2008

by: Into The Woods

Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 19:52:15 PM EST

They're at it again in Davos, Switzerland.  The World Economic Forum is in session.

The Who's Who of the Who's Who gathering to talk about what's what.

I am always interested in their annual Global Risk Report.  It never fails to provide some real insight, even if it's focus wanders from where I would like it to be.

After just a quick skim, I think this year is a mixed bag. While pandemic risk is not highlighted, important aspects of a pandemic are discussed.

In Global Risks 2008, the Global Risk Network has focused on four emerging issues which may fundamentally shape not only the year ahead, but the decades to come. These issues - systemic financial risk, food security, supply chains and the role of energy - are all central to the functioning of the world economy and to the well-being of global society.

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/glo...

For more general coverage on the WEF go here:
http://www.weforum.org/en/inde...

I have somewhere else to be right now, but will get back to this and offer more comment.  

Anyone who beats me to it is more than welcome.  

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