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Wealth shifts across ages will exacerbate inequalities

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Huge wealth transfers from those currently over 60 to the under-60s in the coming decades will have broad implications

Demography and past austerity raise the COVID-19 risks

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COVID-19 particularly threatens the elderly; ageing populations and years of post-crisis austerity leave nations at risk

Rising inequalities will increase climate change costs

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Carbon emissions inequality between and within nations fuels internal and multilateral debates about climate funding

The pandemic has worsened global cooperation prospects

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Economic stagnation and employment or livelihood crises are most feared by executives surveyed worldwide

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

Investing in people is key to a sustainable recovery

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The pandemic has damaged human and social capital; both are key to economic prospects but under-recorded in GDP accounts

African states will monopolise list of least developed

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AFRICA

Least developed countries (LDCs) share common traits but also show gradations among development indicators

Demography could time-limit China's ascendancy

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Sizeable economic and population shifts will occur among the largest economies in coming decades

High food costs will strain households well into 2024

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The UNFAO global food price index has fallen for 17 months but food prices remain far higher than 2013-20