Reflections from Davos: Mercy Corps CEO to private sector

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By Neal Keny Guyer, Mercy Corps CEO, adapted from a letter sent to corporate partnersAs someone who’s spent the last 30-odd years doing humanitarian work in some of the world’s toughest places, arriving at the World Economic Forum in Davos can shock the system. Cocktail parties. Private jets. Bono sightings. A gathering of “elites” to talk about business and politics. This year I came to Davos straight from the Central African Republic, a collapsing state that the world is mostly ignoring.Rarified as this meeting is, Davos and gatherings like it advance peace and progress by bringing together business leaders, senior government officials and policymakers, and social-change advocates to tackle the biggest issues of our times: inequality, climate change, a sustainable economy, youth employment, Syria, peace …


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