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Pandemic deepens impact of global technological gaps

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Although internet use is rising, serious access gaps persist across regions, gender and ethnic groups

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

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Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

Tech will alter both paid and unpaid work

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Digital services and new technologies will dramatically alter the nature of work

Economic risks overshadowed, not extinguished

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Environmental risks dominate the World Economic Forum's global survey ahead of its January 23-26 Davos meeting

Cyber threats drive global technological decoupling

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5G relies heavily on software and will be the core underlying infrastructure for all future digital activities

Climate change reversal technology is no magic bullet

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Climate change looks set to have catastrophic effects if drastic action is not taken to reduce global carbon emissions

Weak long-run growth raises risks to the world economy

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Global GDP will grow by less this decade than the past unless there is a surprise uptick in productivity

Aircraft carriers do not make China a ‘global power’

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China’s aircraft carriers are hailed as a sign of military might and ambitions to rival US global power projection

Non-financial risks may spur the next financial crisis

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Asking 13,000 business leaders their top risks to doing business shows that non-financial fears are rising in importance

US-China tariffs will prompt supply chain switching

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Industrial policy in both countries aims to stimulate indigenous manufacturing