Getting Digital Globalization Right
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-09-24

The digital economy and e-commerce are powerful contributors to development and growth. But can the next wave of globalization avoid the mistakes of the first?

Dimensions to be addressed:
- New models for inclusive growth
- Platform employment
- Policies to provide worker protections

Speakers:
- Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland.
- Simon Galpin, Managing Director, Bahrain Economic Development Board, Bahrain.
- Marisabel Ruiz, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, SHEVA, Guatemala.
- Ian Weightman, Senior Vice-President, Technology, IHS Markit, United Kingdom.

Moderated by
- Keith Bradsher, Shanghai Bureau Chief, New York Times, USA.

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