BANGKOK: Even though 2024 is already here, let us find a moment to reflect on some of the key trends of the past year and pursue to embrace the path toward hope and promise for everyone, everywhere.

Deepening inequalities are having enormous socioeconomic implications around the world. Increasing income and social disparities are spreading across regions. Growing intensities of climate-induced natural disasters, the uneven speed of post-coronavirus pandemic recoveries and cost-of-living crises from conflicts and geopolitical tensions are exacerbating inequalities and poverty traps globally.