Dubious Awards Presented at Davos
By Ray SmithDAVOS, Jan 26 2013 (IPS)Only a stone’s throw from the Davos World Economic Forum meeting, a group of non-governmental organisations presented the annual Public Eye Awards this week to...
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By Ray SmithDAVOS, Feb 5 2013 (IPS)Barbed wire and safety fences are dismantled, the police and army are withdrawn and freedom of movement is restored. The 43rd annual meeting of the World Economic...
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Elites Will ‘Consider Inequality’
Development issues find little place in Davos. Credit: Ray Smith/IPS.By Ray SmithDAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 2014 (IPS)With no acute crisis on the radar, this year’s Annual Meeting of the World Economic...
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Big Gap Surfaces in Davos
Liana Foxvog (left) and Kalpona Akter (right) plan to take the anti-award to Gap's headquarters in San Francisco Credit: Ray Smith/IPS.By Ray SmithDAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 24 2014 (IPS)As self-appointed...
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Rouhani Reaches Out at Davos
By Djavad Salehi-IsfahaniWASHINGTON, Jan 30 2014 (IPS)Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Hassan Rouhani tried to persuade world business leaders to invest in Iran,...
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OPINION: For the Good of Humanity – Towards a Culture of Caring
In this column, Andrew MacMillan, former director of the Field Operations Division of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and joint author with Ignacio Trueba of ‘How to End Hunger in...
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