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The World Economic Forum encourages businesses, governments and civil society to commit together to improving the state of the world. Our Strategic and Industry Partners are instrumental in helping stakeholders meet key challenges such as building sustained economic growth, mitigating global risks, promoting health for all, improving social welfare and fostering environmental sustainability.

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Economic Growth

Environmental Sustainability

Financial Systems

Health for All

Social Development

The world economy is navigating uncharted waters in the wake of the global financial crisis. With the goal of building and sustaining economic growth in mind, the Forum is spearheading efforts to rethink infrastructure development, reshape responsible capitalism and encourage the free movement of people and goods.

Food security and economic crises have highlighted both the urgent need and the potential for developing sustainable food supply. One in six people does not have access to adequate nutrition today. That makes about a billion people on planet earth today.

Strengthening the international monetary and financial system is a priority in the wake of the global financial crisis. Our work is focusing on alternative investments, the development of financial systems, long-term investing, financial governance, as well as mobile financial services readiness and sustainable lending.

Health for all is one of the World Economic Forum’s key issues due to health's immediate link to our mission of improving the state of the world. By engaging leaders, the Forum focuses on three key health-related activities: advocacy, dialogue and action through partnership.

The World Economic Forum believes that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible. Our motto is ‘entrepreneurship in the global public interest’.