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Highlights
Summit on the Global Agenda
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7-9 November 2008
 
Page 5
Preface
Page 6
Introduction
Page 7
Executive Summary
Page 11
Economic Development and Growth
Page 14
Environment and Sustainability
Page 18
Finance and Business
Page 22
Geopolitics and Global Governance
Page 24
Health
Page 28
Regions
Page 32
Society and Values
Page 34
Technology and Innovation
Page 38
 Acknowledgements
Contents
World Economic Forum
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Preface
“
This Summit has heightened our appreciationof the urgency and necessity to address globalchallenges in an integrated way and what needsto be done to improve the state of the world.
”
Klaus Schwab
, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
 The inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda was atruly historic undertaking. Amid the most profoundcrisis of our generation, the World Economic Forum, inpartnership with the Government of Dubai, broughttogether 700 Members of the Network of Global Agenda Councils, the world’s leading minds, toaddress the most important challenges facing theworld in a collaborative, integrated and proactive way. The Summit, held on 7-9 November 2008 in Dubai,marked the biggest brainstorming session that hasever taken place on the global agenda. It enhancedour shared understanding of the state of the worldand the complexity of global issues while heighteningour appreciation of the urgency and necessity toaddress global challenges and what needs to be doneto improve the state of the world. The gatheringimbued a greater sense of duty and responsibility, andemphasized the need for a “fundamental reboot” of the human and organizational operating systems. Tremendous richness in the discussions transpiredand this Summit Report captures selected highlights. Throughout the Summit, participants were engaged inmany intense and thoughtful small-group discussionswithin their respective Councils, assessing the state of the world on their issue and identifying what needs tobe done to move the agenda forward. These CouncilMeetings were interwoven with opportunities to meetwith Members of other Councils, to explore more fullythe interconnections among global issues and tobenefit from cross-disciplinary perspectives andexchanges of ideas. The gist of these discussions iscaptured in each Council Report, available on ourwebsite at www.weforum.org/globalagenda/reports The Summit is also historic in its direct link to theupcoming World Economic Forum Annual Meeting2009 in Davos-Klosters on the theme, “Shaping thePost-Crisis World”. The outcomes of Global AgendaCouncil deliberations will be shared in relevantsessions at the Annual Meeting by the respectiveChairpersons of each Council. Articles on the Summitthemes as well as the Council Reports will also beintegrated in a publication that will be shared with all Annual Meeting participants ahead of the Meeting tohelp them navigate the complexity of shaping thepost-crisis world.Each one of us needs to be proactive in shaping theglobal agenda and I count on all Global AgendaCouncil Members as well as the broader Forumcommunity to advance the current work of theCouncils and help ensure that the world’s leaders arebest informed on the most pertinent actions in thisvery crucial time in our history. There is tremendouspotential for what the Network of Global AgendaCouncils can accomplish and so we look forward toyour continued engagement.
Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman
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