1 February 2010

Global risks in 2010 – Report released by the World Economic Forum

The Global Risks 2010 report was tabled at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. This year’s report highlights a number of slow-moving risks exacerbated by the financial crisis and global economic downturn, and stresses the continued need to further enhance global resilience to risks. Gaps in global governance, identified as an issue in Global Risks 2009, continue to be at the nexus of global risks and the need for coordinated global action is increasingly urgent. Fiscal crises and unemployment, underinvestment in infrastructure and chronic disease are also identified as pivotal areas of risk over the next years.

Global Risks 2010 marks the fifth edition of the report, which, over the years, has proven to be a highly reliable publication in its foresight of current and emerging global risk trends.

As an official partner, Marsh and McLennan contributes to the development of this annual report via the Global Risks Network.

The report can be accessed via the following link:
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/globalrisk/globalrisks2010.pdf

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