As excitement builds within the global soccer community ahead of the UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, so does the level of money changing hands for the hottest ticket in world soccer.

Ahead of every major sporting event there is a thriving black market in tickets...

Looking back, I believe that the 2006 World Cup in Germany was a significant milestone in the history of the world's biggest sporting event. For the first time, the notion that football can have a social impact entered the public consciousness - in the form of a global festival in...

While working in Colombia in 1994, I was shocked and saddened by the killing of Andrés Escobar over an own goal scored at the World Cup. This senseless act of violence led me to reflect upon football's capacity to unite rather than divide, and ultimately motivated me to develop Fútbol...

Due to the global attention that mega sporting events can bring to a city or country, they are promoted as a huge opportunity for economic returns - through tourism revenues, creation of jobs, infrastructural development and so on. In fact, there is very little evidence of such benefits, and organisers...

The theme of the 2013 Annual Meeting is 'resilient dynamism' - but what exactly does it mean? From a purely economic perspective, 'resilient' may be understood to signify the ability to withstand market shocks and pressures, and 'dynamism' could imply the tenacity and creativity required to rise above...

Where does social entrepreneurship fit into a discussion of social protection systems? This was my initial question when I was asked to join a panel on the subject at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia. By way of response, I would suggest...

At the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia, I will be leading a discussion on the youth employment crisis and speaking on a panel focusing on social protection systems. It is encouraging to see that social entrepreneurs are increasingly being asked to share their...

On my panel on street culture and the role of art and sport in rendering the invisible visible, it became clearer than ever to me that we suffer from a major disconnection. Street culture may make outsiders more aware of the issues faced by underserved communities, but that...

There's a definite urgency here in the mass of Davos participants; faced with the uncertainty that stems from technological, political, economic and cultural revolutions all over the world, it is clear to us all that the time for bold, innovative action to get to the root of problems is...

The Annual Meeting 2012 predicts a need for new models to deal with a world that is evolving drastically and rapidly. The leaders who gather at Davos this year are tasked with understanding and adapting to these great transformations.

Professor Klaus Schwab describes this as a leadership challenge....