GLOBALIZATION 4.0

The report details a worldwide survey on 'Globalization 4.0', finding broad global support for climate science, pollution taxes, and international cooperation, while revealing regional divides on immigration and government efforts to ensure equal opportunity.

• A majority of global respondents trust climate science, with particularly high trust in South Asia, although 17% of those in North America report little to no trust. Additionally, policies that impose extra taxes on polluting businesses are popular worldwide, with majorities in many regions strongly favoring them.
• Public perception of technology is generally positive, with most seeing it as doing more good than harm, though 35-45% of respondents in every region are ambivalent. Opinions on the motives of technology companies are divided globally, but some regions hold a strong belief that these companies are altruistic.
• Attitudes toward immigration vary by region; while most regions view new immigrants as 'mostly good', majorities in Europe view them as 'mostly bad'. France, Italy, Poland, Russia, and Turkey are identified as particularly pessimistic regarding new immigrants.
• There is widespread global belief in the responsibility of countries to provide international aid and the possibility of simultaneous global improvement. Specifically, South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), India, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia show high support for international aid, and all countries except Japan and Poland show overwhelming majorities believing all countries can improve at the same time.
• Respondents expressed significant dissatisfaction with government efforts to ensure equal opportunity, with majorities in 22 of the 29 surveyed countries stating their government does 'too little'. Perceptions of upward mobility are particularly low in Western Europe, Latin America, and Eastern Europe/Central Asia.
• International cooperation is viewed as very or extremely important by majorities in all regions, and is seen as personally beneficial, especially in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. However, support is lower in Japan, Germany, the UK, and France, with fewer than half of French respondents calling such cooperation important.

APA

World Economic Forum (2019). GLOBALIZATION 4.0. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_globalization4_Jan18.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. GLOBALIZATION 4.0. 2019. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_globalization4_Jan18.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2019globalization, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{GLOBALIZATION 4.0}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2019}, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_globalization4_Jan18.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }