India’s economic growth for 2008-2009 will moderate from 9% to between 7% and 7.5% due to the global financial crisis, Montek S. Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of India’s Planning Commission, told participants at the closing plenary of the World Economic Forum’s 24th India Economic Summit. “Even if you take growth at 7%, it is 2% less than what we have had but still higher than what we had four years ago,” he said.
Norway leads the world in closing the gender gap between men and women, according to the overall ranking in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2008.
Arbind Singh, Executive Director, Nidan, has been announced as the winner of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 in India. Montek S. Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India, conferred the award on Arbind Singh at the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit.
The G20, which recently held a summit on the global financial crisis in Washington DC, is now the key forum for tackling international economic challenges, the Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told participants at the 24th Indian Economic Summit.
“The current international economic crisis introduces many problems where social and economic dimensions are intertwined."
Muhammad Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt
The GEI's Global Education Alliance (GEA) now active in Rwanda The Forum's Global Education Initiative held a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda. The energies of the GEA will now concentrate on supporting Rwandans to achieve economic growth and move into a knowledge-based society. Learn more
The Forum's Global Education Initiative held a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda. The energies of the GEA will now concentrate on supporting Rwandans to achieve economic growth and move into a knowledge-based society.
