There wasn’t any snow but there was plenty of schmoozing at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos this past week. But in between the “pre-breakfasts” and the late-night parties were substantial discussions and hopeful ideas.

Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar and Senior Reporter and author of Devex Invested Adva Saldinger look back on the biggest issues people were talking about — from climate and crypto to the war in Ukraine — while looking ahead to see if all of the lofty talk will actually reach the people on the ground who need to see rhetoric turned into action.

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