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Martina Larkin, MBA, Head of Europe, World Economic Forum, Geneva "Europe Needs Inclusive Growth"

At least one sector in the Greek economy has improved its performance over the last 12 months, as Greece climbed seven spots in the World Economic Forum's Tourism Competitiveness Index for 2017.

During a visit to Istanbul a few years ago, I met with a Western diplomat who at the time held a post in Turkey. After talking about Greek-Turkish relations and the Cyprus problem, our conversation turned to political and economic developments in Turkey.

The report "Human Rights Record of the AKP [Justice and Development Party]" prepared by Zeynep Altıok, the deputy chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), and her team, once again displays the state of women in Turkey. 

To understand better what kind of a hell this country is for women, here are some data: 

According to the World Economic Forum, the global economy is more than five times larger than it was half a century ago.

Global per capita GDP has more than doubled over the same period. The World Bank estimates that the share of the global population living in extreme poverty has fallen below 10 percent for the first time ever.

The Russian economy, hurt by weak energy prices and Western sanctions, returned to growth late last year after seven quarters of contraction, official data suggested on Wednesday.

Russia’s statistics service surprised economists by finding gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by only 0.2 percent in 2016.

The total economic impact of violence on the world economy in 2015 was estimated to be $13.6 trillion, according to a recent report endorsed by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which particularly highlighted attacks in Turkey, France and Belgium.

The question that never changes when I return from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has always been "Who are the people and events that marked Davos this year? 

The world’s top politicians, leaders in industry and finance, even celebrities descended on Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum in January. Talks ate the forum covered topics such as the Brexit, Trump’s Presidency and clean water, among other things.

DAVOS - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic met with EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn and Austrian FM Sebastian Kurz in Davos on Friday.