{"id":10805,"date":"2022-02-14T07:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T06:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartcityjournal.cibeles.net\/sin-categoria\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-13T16:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T15:38:22","slug":"how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy","title":{"rendered":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">World Economic Forum President B\u00f8rge Brende says global cooperation is key to realizing this vision<\/p>\n<p>At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Publications\/WEO\/Issues\/2022\/01\/25\/world-economic-outlook-update-january-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">projections<\/a>&nbsp;indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than what had been forecast in October.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this deceleration, many economists&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/europe\/high-inflation-stick-this-year-denting-global-growth-2022-01-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">believe<\/a>&nbsp;persistent inflation will partially erase economic gains, with the expectation of rising interest rates slowing investment. On top of this, 60 percent of low-income countries are in debt distress or at risk of debt distress,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/News\/Articles\/2022\/01\/25\/tr01252022-world-economic-outlook-briefing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>These are no doubt great challenges, but there are also possibilities ahead.<\/p>\n<p>If leaders not only put in place policies to revitalize economies, but also address shared priorities in the near, medium, and long terms, there is a chance to fuel confidence and build resilience \u2014 key ingredients for economic health now and in the future.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\">Inclusive growth<\/h2>\n<p>Most immediately, we must ensure global growth is more inclusive. Many advanced economies have promising forecasts, such as China which saw its exports jump by over $<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b8555ffb-4a19-415b-8263-bda6c816fa3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">675<\/a>&nbsp;billion last year \u2014 a 26 percent increase on the year before. But there remains the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/bitstream\/handle\/10986\/36519\/9781464817601-ch01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">risk<\/a>&nbsp;that recovery will take years in most emerging and developing economies. If left unaddressed, this divergence will foster not just dire global economic consequences, but humanitarian ones too.<\/p>\n<p>One way to advance a more equitable recovery is by committing to delivering sustainable investment to underfinanced economies.<\/p>\n<p>Here, thankfully, FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) is finally showing signs of health, as global flows of finance were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/news\/global-foreign-direct-investment-rebounded-strongly-2021-recovery-highly-uneven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">up<\/a>&nbsp;77 percent in 2021, surpassing their pre-COVID-19 level. Indeed, China experienced a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/news\/global-foreign-direct-investment-rebounded-strongly-2021-recovery-highly-uneven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">record<\/a>&nbsp;$179 billion of investment flowing into the country, amounting to a 20 percent year-over-year increase. Yet, global FDI is still fragile, as factors like new COVID-19 variants and rising energy prices can create obstacles to capital flows.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\">Digital transformation<\/h2>\n<p>In the medium term, we need to empower digital transformation, because the global economy is undergoing rapid technological advancement and expansion \u2014 which the World Economic Forum has termed the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The coming five to ten years will require each and every company to ensure technology and innovation are part of its DNA. Indeed, an estimated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/platforms\/shaping-the-future-of-digital-economy-and-new-value-creation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">70<\/a>&nbsp;percent of new value over this decade will be based on business models that rely on digital applications. The recent shortage in semiconductors, and the resulting focus in the United States, European Union, and China on manufacturing chips, is just one indication of the rapid digital transformation taking place.<\/p>\n<p>The digitization of the global economy is why China\u2019s 14th Five Year Plan has&nbsp;<a href=\"text=In%20a%20document%20released%20last,runs%20from%202021%20to%202025.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">called<\/a>&nbsp;for the \u201ccore industries of the digital economy\u201d to account for 10 percent of the country\u2019s GDP by 2025, up from 7.8 percent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite the growing importance of digital, \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200ban&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/delegate\/itu-29-billion-people-still-offline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">estimated<\/a>&nbsp;2.9 billion people \u2014 over a third of the global population \u2014 have never used the Internet. This is why last year the World Economic Forum brought together leading technology and financial companies, along with government entities, to launch the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/the-edison-alliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EDISON Alliance<\/a>, which is working to foster affordable digital access for everyone by 2025.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-title\">Green transition<\/h2>\n<p>Over the longer term, we must commit to going green because climate change is the most important challenge of our lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>By some estimates, the global economy could face unprecedented consequences, potentially shrinking by up to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissre.com\/media\/news-releases\/nr-20210422-economics-of-climate-change-risks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">18 percent in the next 30 years<\/a>, if decarbonization efforts are not taken. This does not include the devastation that our planet would face in terms of biodiversity loss and loss of human life.<\/p>\n<p>Reaching net zero climate emissions by 2050 will require fundamentally transforming our economy, as companies and countries change their energy mixes, increase efficiencies, and invest in new zero-carbon solutions. But a green transition can add&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2019\/04\/green-economy-could-create-24-million-new-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">millions<\/a>&nbsp;of jobs and trillions of dollars to the global economy. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/first-movers-coalition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">First Movers Coalition<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 a group of 30 leading companies that was launched at COP26 by the World Economic Forum and US Climate Envoy John Kerry \u2014 is helping deliver a green economy by boosting demand signals for new low-carbon technologies.<\/p>\n<p>All our priorities \u2014 a more equitable, digital, and green global economy \u2014 rely on greater global cooperation because they are too large, too complex, and too interconnected for one company or country to address on its own. This is why we must move away from a zero-sum mindset, in which global actors believe prosperity can only come at the expense of others. As China\u2019s President Xi Jinping&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2022\/01\/address-chinese-president-xi-jinping-2022-world-economic-forum-virtual-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;at the World Economic Forum\u2019s Davos Agenda in January: \u201cThe right way forward for humanity is peaceful development and win-win cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2022-02-09\/How-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy-17vmgyvntU4\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>CGTN<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Economic Forum President B\u00f8rge Brende says global cooperation is key to realizing this vision At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_scj_primary_category_id":130,"_scj_featured":true,"_scj_featured_from":"","_scj_featured_until":"","_scj_featured_order":810,"_scj_visibility_class":"current","_scj_layout_family":"standard","_scj_article_style":"","_scj_display_overrides":[],"_scj_intro_image_id":10804,"_scj_intro_alt":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy","_scj_intro_caption":"","_scj_intro_class":"","_scj_intro_float":"","_scj_full_image_id":10804,"_scj_full_alt":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy","_scj_full_caption":"","_scj_full_class":"","_scj_full_float":"","_scj_media_type":"","_scj_media_provider":"","_scj_media_external_id":"","_scj_media_url":"","_scj_media_poster_id":0,"_scj_media_width":0,"_scj_media_height":0,"_scj_media_aspect_ratio":"","_scj_media_description":"","_scj_gallery_items":[],"_scj_related_post_ids":[],"_scj_additional_authors":[],"scj_layout_family":"standard","scj_media_provider":"","scj_media_url":"","scj_full_caption":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy - thesmartcityjournal.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead. It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released\u00a0projections\u00a0indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy - thesmartcityjournal.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead. It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released\u00a0projections\u00a0indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"thesmartcityjournal.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thesmartcityjournal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-14T06:12:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BorgeBrende.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Esther Fuldauer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SmartCityJour_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SmartCityJour_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Esther Fuldauer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Esther Fuldauer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a98d667dd10b0ffa25c2004354cd78e7\"},\"headline\":\"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-14T06:12:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\"},\"wordCount\":852,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BorgeBrende.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\",\"name\":\"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy - thesmartcityjournal.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BorgeBrende.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-14T06:12:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead. It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released\u00a0projections\u00a0indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BorgeBrende.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BorgeBrende.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/articles\\\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\",\"name\":\"thesmartcityjournal.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Organization\",\"NewsMediaOrganization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#organization\",\"name\":\"thesmartcityjournal.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/logo-smart-city-journal-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/logo-smart-city-journal-1.png\",\"width\":346,\"height\":91,\"caption\":\"thesmartcityjournal.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/thesmartcityjournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SmartCityJour_\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thesmartcityjournal_\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@thesmartcityjournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/the-smart-city-journal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCIPTMzK206pVFxMNjO7SSxw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a98d667dd10b0ffa25c2004354cd78e7\",\"name\":\"Esther Fuldauer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Esther Fuldauer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/esther-fuldauer\"},{\"@type\":\"SiteNavigationElement\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#site-navigation\",\"cssSelector\":[\".cib-main-menu\"]},{\"@type\":\"WPHeader\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#header\",\"cssSelector\":[\".cib-header\"]},{\"@type\":\"WPFooter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\\\/en#footer\",\"cssSelector\":[\".cib-footer\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy - thesmartcityjournal.com","description":"At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead. It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released\u00a0projections\u00a0indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy - thesmartcityjournal.com","og_description":"At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead. It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released\u00a0projections\u00a0indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy","og_site_name":"thesmartcityjournal.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thesmartcityjournal","article_published_time":"2022-02-14T06:12:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BorgeBrende.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Esther Fuldauer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SmartCityJour_","twitter_site":"@SmartCityJour_","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Esther Fuldauer","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy"},"author":{"name":"Esther Fuldauer","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#\/schema\/person\/a98d667dd10b0ffa25c2004354cd78e7"},"headline":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy","datePublished":"2022-02-14T06:12:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy"},"wordCount":852,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BorgeBrende.jpg","articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy","url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy","name":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy - thesmartcityjournal.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BorgeBrende.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-14T06:12:20+00:00","description":"At a moment when the global economy faces strong headwinds, there is an opportunity for leaders to not only accelerate growth in the near term, but to lay the foundations of a more resilient and sustainable economy for the years ahead. It is no secret we are in a challenging economic context. In January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released\u00a0projections\u00a0indicating that global growth is expected to slow from 5.9 percent last year to 4.4 percent in 2022. This is half a percentage point lower than","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BorgeBrende.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BorgeBrende.jpg","width":1280,"height":800,"caption":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/articles\/how-to-accelerate-and-strengthen-the-global-economy#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to accelerate and strengthen the global economy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en","name":"thesmartcityjournal.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Organization","NewsMediaOrganization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#organization","name":"thesmartcityjournal.com","url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/logo-smart-city-journal-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/logo-smart-city-journal-1.png","width":346,"height":91,"caption":"thesmartcityjournal.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thesmartcityjournal","https:\/\/x.com\/SmartCityJour_","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesmartcityjournal_\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesmartcityjournal","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-smart-city-journal\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIPTMzK206pVFxMNjO7SSxw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#\/schema\/person\/a98d667dd10b0ffa25c2004354cd78e7","name":"Esther Fuldauer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Esther Fuldauer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/author\/esther-fuldauer"},{"@type":"SiteNavigationElement","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#site-navigation","cssSelector":[".cib-main-menu"]},{"@type":"WPHeader","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#header","cssSelector":[".cib-header"]},{"@type":"WPFooter","@id":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en#footer","cssSelector":[".cib-footer"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}