WEF: brainstorming in the Alps: for the 40th consecutive year, the mountain resort of Davos will bring world leaders together to discuss the most important socio-economic issues affecting each of us. Swiss News goes behind the scenes of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to examine its purpose--and its potential to spark change for our interconnected world.

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WEF: brainstorming in the Alps: for the 40th consecutive year, the mountain resort of Davos will bring world leaders together to discuss the most important socio-economic issues affecting each of us. Swiss News goes behind the scenes of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to examine its purpose--and its potential to spark change for our interconnected world.

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Davos, in the eastern Alps, is probably best known as a holiday and ski destination. However, for the past four decades, it has also been the destination of politicians, business leaders, economists and academics, who gather each January to discuss subjects connected to the global economic climate--probably making it the most powerful annual get-together on the planet.

From January 26-30, some 2,500 people will meet once again...

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