Resilience for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth

The report advocates for a shift from reactive risk management to a proactive 'resilience muscle'—comprising preparation, perception, and propulsion—to protect global GDP growth. It highlights that resilience failures can impact annual global GDP by 1% to 5% and emphasizes that crises disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. The World Economic Forum proposes a Resilience Consortium to align public and private sectors across seven key themes, including climate, healthcare, and digital inclusion, to ensure that economic recovery is both sustainable and equitable.

• The degree to which organizations and societies develop resilience is estimated to impact annual global GDP growth by between 1% and 5%.
• Crises do not occur in isolation but overlap and evolve across categories, meaning they cannot be solved with single-point solutions.
• Vulnerable populations and low-income countries are disproportionately harmed by crises, which can exacerbate sovereign debt vulnerabilities and increase extreme poverty.
• Resilient companies significantly outperform peers during and after economic shocks; for example, during the 2007-09 financial crisis, they generated approximately 20% more shareholder returns, rising to 120% during the 2011-17 stable period.
• Income inequality has a statistically significant negative impact on GDP potential in OECD countries, where a 1% increase in inequality lowers overall GDP potential by 0.6% to 1.1%.
• The 'resilience muscle' consists of three active capabilities: 'Prepare' (investing in flexibility, buffers, and networks), 'Perceive' (early detection and scenario planning), and 'Propel' (cross-functional response and rapid pivoting).
• Transitioning to a net-zero economy may require $100 trillion or more in capital spending, with two-thirds of this investment needed in developing economies.
• Global food insecurity is being magnified by the interplay of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and the war in Ukraine, with 2.37 billion people lacking access to adequate food.
• The digital economy currently accounts for 15% of global GDP and is projected to grow to 26% by 2040, making digital inclusion a critical growth imperative.

APA

World Economic Forum (2022). Resilience for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Resilience%20for_Sustainable_Inclusive_Growth_2022.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Resilience for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth. 2022. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Resilience%20for_Sustainable_Inclusive_Growth_2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2022resilience, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Resilience for Sustainable, Inclusive Growth}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Resilience%20for_Sustainable_Inclusive_Growth_2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }