An annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held at Davos, Switzerland, in early 2008, will focus on global business development, the WEF regional manager for Europe said Thursday.
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An international meeting of government and business leaders, including Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, will discuss Asian leadership and ways to manage risks to the region's growth, organizers said Thursday.
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Business and political leaders in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa say agriculture can fuel economic growth in impoverished countries. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stepped in to lead a new effort to double African farm productivity in the next 20 years.
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The World Economic Forum for Africa has opened its annual meeting to mixed news about the state of business on the continent. Africa is experiencing its greatest growth since the 1970s, but it isn't growing fast enough to eliminate poverty, and Africa continues to trail other regions in the global marketplace.
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Jordanian King Abdullah II is hosting more than 700 politicians and business leaders at the World Economic Forum. Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are among those expected to attend the three-day meeting in the Dead Sea resort of Shuneh.
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The World Economic Forum has launched its first-ever Travel & Tourism report analysing the drivers of competitiveness in travel and tourism of 124 countries around the world. Switzerland's safety record and high-quality industry staff contributed to its topping the index. Hong Kong was the highest-ranked Asian country and the United Arab Emirates was the most competitive Middle Eastern country with an impressive ranking of 18th place.
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The race for the March 2008 Russian presidential election, while yet to officially begin, appears to already have a frontrunner.
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Trade ministers cautiously agreed Saturday to resume world trade negotiations that have been stalled for months. Reporting for VOA from Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on an issue that dominated the last day of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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Some of the world's most powerful political and business figures turned their focus to Africa Friday, as they met at the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Lisa Bryant reports for VOA, the report card is mixed when it comes to meeting development pledges to one of the world's most impoverished areas.
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GAVI Immunization Programmes in 2006 Prevented 600,000 Future Deaths. GAVI to Devote US$ 500 million to Strengthen Health Systems in Developing Countries
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At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 in Davos, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil called on the international business community to lobby leaders of rich countries to make concessions in the Doha Round of negotiations for a world trade agreement.
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