Flaring has grown from 2013 to 2016, burning more than 167 billion cubic meters of gases over the course of three years. Society can create a climate of job creation in engineering and technology.
A new UNESCO report ahead of International Day for Countering Hate Speech on June 18 finds almost two-thirds of people worldwide are regularly exposed to online hate speech. The UN day marks the 2019 UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech anniversary. UNESCO advocates media literacy and teacher training, hosting a 2026 worldwide webinar on online hate speech challenges.
Over 1 billion young people in developing countries will seek work in the coming decade. With nearly every job requiring digital tools, closing the digital divide through affordable connectivity and digital skills training is essential to unlock employment, boost productivity, attract investment, and drive poverty reduction.
World Bank Group’s AgriConnect in Uttar Pradesh is transforming farming for 240 million people. Direct-seeded rice trials show yield rising from 4 to 9 tonnes/hectare, costs down $120/hectare, huge water savings. UP-AGRIVERSE platform + $461M Aqua Bridge aquaculture deal add jobs in machinery, warehousing, logistics, and digital services, while scaling to 2M hectares could cut 230,000 tonnes CO2 equivalent.
FAO Food Outlook 2026 forecasts global cereal output to decrease 2% to 2.98 billion tonnes, buffered by carryover stocks, while demand rises 1%. Wheat falls 3.8% to 811 million tons and coarse grains drop 1.2%, but soybeans hit record 432.3 million tons. World food import bill rose 7.9% to record US$2.22 trillion in 2025, driven by coffee, cocoa, and fish as high-income countries saw 9.3% jump.
World Economic Forum June 2026 report finds women’s share in leadership rose from 27% to 30% in 10 years and board seats doubled to 29%, but hiring for C-suite and CEO roles stalled since 2022. Only 19% of CEOs are women as structural barriers like limited career paths, skewed networks, career breaks, and biased evaluations persist.
The World Development Report 2025 shows standards now govern 90% of global trade, up from 15% in the late-1990s. Developing countries face compliance barriers due to gaps in testing, regulation, and skills. Meeting quality, safety, and environmental standards is now essential for export competitiveness and access to global value chains.
A comprehensive analysis of how hub-and-spoke networks have evolved in global maritime shipping over the last twenty years.
President Taye addresses debt relief and the milestone of the GERD at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Exploring global strategies and innovations in climate-resilient irrigation to combat water scarcity and boost agricultural productivity.
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At the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos in Dalian, World Bank data shows China's total goods and services exports at $3.77 trillion, up from virtually nothing in 1980. Renewable energy exports hit 68GW in March 2026 and EV exports reached $9.1 billion monthly, up from under $1 billion in 2022. Yet retail sales growth was just 0.2% year-over-year in April 2026, the lowest since 2022. China targets 5% GDP growth in 2026 as it balances dominance in manufacturing and clean energy with slowing domestic consumption.
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The world bodies like the International Labour Organization (ILO), World Bank, and World Economic Forum (WEF) have come up with detailed figures that show the potential as well as the obstacles of investing investment into good employment opportunities in the world. The ILO in its World Employment and Social Outlook Update 2025 has reduced its expectations to create 53 million new jobs from the initial projection of 60 million new jobs in the world.
The growth in the global economy in the future is becoming more focused on sectors that are propelled by technological innovations, sustainability needs, healthcare growth, and the development of digital infrastructure in 2025. According to the Global Industry Projections and the Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum, the demand for AI specialists, data scientists, machine-learning engineers, and AI governance professionals has been growing at a rapid rate, making AI an influential force in the economy and the main source of high-skilled jobs.
In a world long dominated by the financial tides of the US dollar, a new story is unfolding, driven not by a grand, planned design but by an unexpected external force: the tariff policies of Donald Trump. His administration, in…
The new World Bank report, Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities (2025), paints a sobering picture of the world's most vulnerable economies. Fragile and conflict-affected situations, or FCS, are defined in this report as states where weak institutions,…
General economic losses. Uncertainty prevailed globally throughout 2025 due to conflict, distressed economic conditions, and dramatic climatic changes impacting social and governmental systems, with a lot of activity occurring during the year putting tremendous strain on these institutions of society.…
