Strong support for global collaboration, WEF poll shows
Most respondents support multilateral co-operation and immigration and don’t believe development needs to be at the expense of others
As the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off this week in Davos, a poll commissioned by the forum shows a desire for global collaboration and participation. The results of the poll, which were released on Monday, show an overwhelming number of respondents support multilateral co-operation and immigration, and reject the notion that countries’ best interests are achieved at the expense of others. “The combination of climate change, income inequality, technology and geopolitics pose an existential threat to humanity. What we see with this research is that, while the international community’s capacity for concerted action appears constrained, the overwhelming desire of the global public is for leaders to find new ways to work together that will allow them to co-operate on these critical shared challenges we all face,” WEF founder and executive chair Klaus Schwab said. The research is based on answers from 10,000 people from every region of the world and will be used in panel discussions...
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