#AD2019 | Trisha Shetty: "the biggest takeaway for me is our role as active citizens"

In 2019, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos convened under the theme of “Globalization 4.0”, highlighting the need for a renewed global governance system that will leave no one behind. The perspectives of civil society were crucial to make the meeting meaningful and inclusive. My role as Acting Head of Civil Society Communities is to ensure leaders from NGOs, unions, faith-based organizations and religious groups leverage the Forum platform to advocate for sustainable ...

Rabat, Capitale du Maroc, connait des mutations profondes depuis le début du siècle et du millénaire, conséquence de deux programmes initiés par Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI. Le premier, lancé en 2004, autour de l’aménagement du site de la Vallée Bouregreg, le fleuve qu’elle partage avec Salé. Le second, conçu la même année, dans le cadre du programme de rénovation urbaine Rabat, ville lumière et capitale culturelle du Royaume. ...

I recently had the privilege to represent the Global Shapers Community at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2019 in Davos-Klosters, which convened over 3,000 participants under the theme, Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To attend Davos as a Global Shaper is a big deal. As a delegate, you are not only responsible for representing the voices of youth, about 10,000 from across the world, but you also owe it to yourse ...

Le « Pacte mondial pour des migrations sûres, ordonnées et régulières » a été adopté à Marrakech les 10 et 11 décembre 2018, à l’issue de 18 mois de consultations et de négociations. Il est présenté comme le premier accord des Nations unies sur une approche globale des migrations internationales dans toutes ses dimensions. S’il vise à devenir la pierre angulaire d’une gouvernance mondiale des migrations, souhaitée par la communauté internationale, il se heurte pourtant à des priorit ...

This Policy Paper aims to provide a better understanding of the drivers of youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by examining some common factors and then delving deeper into the case of Morocco, a relatively stable country that has historically been a source of large emigration, especially towards Europe. The MENA region has some of the highest total and youth unemployment rates in the world. High youth unemployment is especially worrisome because it ...

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson caught policymaker’s attention to the critical role of institutions for development. Their work gives too much emphasis to the prospects of revolution, however. A reading of the World Bank’s World Development Report of 2017 points to directions that all actors involved in the process, whether domestic or international, elite or non-elite, can take to improve societies. ...