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Appendix B:

Global Risks Perception Survey

The Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) is the World Economic Forum’s source of original risks data,
harnessing the expertise of the Forum’s extensive network of business, government, civil society and thought
leaders. The survey was conducted from 5 September to 22 October 2019 among the World Economic Forum’s
multistakeholder communities (including the Global Shapers Community), the professional networks of its
Advisory Board, and members of the Institute of Risk Management. The results of the GRPS are used to create
the Global Risks Landscape and Interconnections Map presented at the beginning of the report, and to offer
insights used throughout.

Both the GRPS and the Global Risks Report adopt the following definition of global risk:

Global risk: A “global risk” is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, can cause significant negative
impact for several countries or industries within the next 10 years.

Methodology

The world in 2020

In the first section of the GRPS, respondents were decrease” and 5 representing “significantly increase”.
asked to assess whether the risks associated with 40 To reduce framing bias, the values between this range
current issues would increase or decrease in 2020 were not assigned specific wording. For each risk, the
compared to 2019 (see Table B.1 below for full results). share for each answer was obtained by dividing the
Respondents were also given the option to name any number of respondents who selected that answer by
other issue(s), not included in the 40 risks listed that the total number of answers.
they expect to be a source of increased risk in 2020.
We use these open responses to assess the need to Respondents were asked to base their answers to
update our list of risks from year to year. each of these 40 risks on a global level. They were
asked the following question: “On a global level, do
The possible answers to survey questions ranged from you think that in 2020 the risks presented by the
“significantly decrease” to “significantly increase” on following issues will increase or decrease compared
a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 representing “significantly to 2019?”

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