Newsletter - February 2007

Contents

 

CWB NEWS

NEWS & READINGS
MAIN
NEW PROJECTS

CWB NEWS

 

Jan 24th 2007. CWB attends the World Economic Forum.

Jan 25th 2007. Peter Loescher from Merck and Christian Morales from Intel join the Board of Advisors of CWB.

Feb 6th 2007. First Meeting of the Board of Advisors of CWB in NY.

MAIN: WEF special

 

The World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting 2007

Jan 24-28th 2007

 

Davos 2007

 

"The Annual Meeting closed on an “upbeat mood” with the Co-Chairs pledging on behalf of the 2,400 participants to use their positions of leadership to turn commitments on the top issues of climate change, global trade and globalization into action." Read More at the WEF official website >>

 

Davos in depth by the Financial Times >>

 

Xavier Sala-i-Martin, president of CWB in NY, lead the session "Demystifying Productivity and Growth" >>

Xavier Sala-i-Martin is Senior Economic Advisor of the WEF and developer of the Competitiveness Index used for the WEF's Global Competitiveness Report >>

 

Trade round gets new impetus from Davos talks >>

 

Interview with Chad Hurdley: views on Davos future (video) >>

 

Africa, the Opportunity Continent: a WEF initiative that speaks out about th success stories in Africa >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The $100 computer: Discussion on how the world's poorest citizens get access to technology enjoyed in the developed world. 27th Jan in Forbes.com>>

 

Davos Post-Mortem: the official and the unofficial (private discussions, informal exchanges) debates, by Nouriel Roubini. Feb 4th >>

 

 

 

NEWS & READINGS
 

The You Tube Effect - How a technology for teenagers became a force for political and economic change

Jan-Feb 2007

Foreign Policy

 

Ghana's 50th Independence anniversary- A good time to celebrate

February 2007

African Business

 

Business Meeting the Challenge

February 2007

African Business

 

Why Americans consider Microsoft No. 1

Jan 31st 2007

The Wall Street Journal

"Gate's philanthropy world shines on Microsoft's image

BP makes bottom 10"

 

100 Best Companies to work for 2007 -No. 1 Google

January 2007

Fortune Europe Edition

Jan 24th 2007

Financial Times

 

An important test of tolerance - Countries must be ready to accept larger numbers of migrants

Jan 24th 2007

Financial Times

 

Emerging economies must work hard to keep success story going

Jan 23th 2007

Financial Times

 

Blood debts - AIDS in China

Jan 20th-26th 2007

The Economist

 

NEW PROJECTS

 

CWB is considering to PARTNER with organizations that share our vision, mission and values and complement with our activities. This will allow us to connect you to other institutions that work in different manners to promote business development in poor countries and that offer various ways to get involved in this cause. Send us your comments on this issue at info@ceoswb.org. Thank you for your cooperation!

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