Global leaders to discuss on jobless economic growth
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siliconindia | Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 13:38 IST
Davos (Switzerland): Over 2,500 global leaders, including 130 from India, are converging here on the snow-covered Alps to discuss for the next five days the future of the world economy, concerns of growth not creating enough number of jobs, particularly in rich nations.
The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) would be playing host to 1,400 from top 1,000 companies around the world, 30 heads of states or governments, renowned academicians, artists and the faith leaders, including head of the Chinmaya Mission in New Delhi.
The masters of the corporate world, governments and spiritual world and intellectual are meeting against a global economic environment which is yet to fully recover from the severe setbacks received in 2008 and 2009.
The recovery in the developing world is largely driven by domestic demand but is quite considered fragile in the western economies.
Source: PTI