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Global Risk Network
India @ Risk Report 2008
 The World Economic Forum releases it's latest Region @ Risk Report, India @ Risk 2008. Prepared by the Global Risk Network and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) ahead of the India Economic Summit in New Delhi on 16-18 November 2008, this report presents the latest insights into trends, potential consequences and mitigation strategies relevant to key risk areas facing India, including Economic Security, Energy Security, Agriculture and Food Security, and National Security.
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Europe@Risk Report 2008
 Ahead of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia, held 30 October - 1 November, the Global Risk Network has launched a new edition of Europe@Risk. This report examines the global risks most pertinent to Europe, Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia relating to four areas: economic slowdown, energy security, demographic shifts and education. It considers how interrelated these areas are, and how they might impact all or parts of the wider region. As the report was being prepared, the financial crisis that began with the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market in the US in 2007 had reached a critical point.
Figures for Western Europe show that it is officially in recession and the level of uncertainty about the full extent, duration and longer term consequences of this crisis remains very high. This economic situation puts a number of the region’s challenges in new light; slower or no growth, combined with tighter credit conditions, will impact consumer, corporate and government spending. The mitigation of many of the risks considered in this report will require even greater collaboration across the region and considerable investment over the long term, be it in infrastructure, education or alternative energy.
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Second Global Growth@Risk Report 2008
 The Global Risk Network has launched its second Global Growth@Risk report ahead of the Forum’s Annual Meeting of New Champions in Tianjin, China. The report considered a number of short-term and longer-term risks to growth for both markets and corporations.
The report looks at the potential short-term impact of the credit crisis and its implications beyond the financial sector for the real economy and growth across different markets and sectors. It also explores the policy paradoxes facing both central banks and regulators alike. Given the risk of contagion to the real economy and further losses, whether from consumer credit defaults, or in the US$6.3 trillion credit derivatives market, the report flags the need for regulators to take remedial action without damaging the future competitiveness of their financial centres.
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About the Global Risk Network
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The Global Risks Report
The Global Risks Network produces a number of regional and topical reports, along with its flagship publication, The Global Risk Report, released annually ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. The Global Risks Report is the result of a collaboration with Strategic Partners of the Forum: Citigroup, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Swiss Re, Zurich Financial Services; and Wharton School Risk Center. It discusses changes occurring in the global risks landscape from year to year and identifies those global risks that are set to play a critical role in the upcoming year. The report also explores the interconnectedness of risks, and considers how the strategies for the mitigation of global risks might be structured. Its conclusions are the result of various workshops and discussions facilitated by the Global Risks Network and involving its partners, but also other business, academic, think tank and government stakeholders.
 Global Risks
2008
On January 9, the World Economic Forum launched its latest Global Risks Report: Global Risks 2008. The report highlights the need for new thinking and concerted action on a number of issues, as illustrated by the emergence of new, systemic, global risks. These include financial risks, food security, supply chain vulnerability and energy risks.
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