Each year,the World Economic Forum takes location in Davos, a small ski town in the Swiss Alps. The goal of the conference is to promote international cooperation and collaboration, and ultimately improve the state of the world. It's filled with diplomats,CEOs, billionaires, or concept gurus.
But,all those powerful people gathered in one location means that Davos is a prime opportunity for business. Representatives from various countries come to the conference to woo the global elite to invest. Most countries enact this by displaying their best stats, but one country has a different approach. In addition to the edifying stuff, and this year,Saudi Arabia also shared their less favorable rankings. They came to Davos with a database of 700 indicators—both edifying and bad.
Today on the reveal, we find out what Saudi Arabia's up to, or why asking that question helps us understand a world viewed through ranks and ratings.
Saudi Arabia's data tool: https://iph.sa/Music: "Small Town Funk" and "Lucid."Find us: Twitter/ Facebook / Instagram Subscribe to our reveal on Apple Podcasts,PocketCasts and NPR One. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.
Source: thetakeaway.org