World Economic Forum 2026

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🔬研究者:The Macroeconomic Policy Coherence Index and the analysis of WEF's institutional influence offer a new lens for studying how global norms shape national energy transition policies.

🏛政策担当者:Policymakers can use the proposed index to monitor and align national energy transition strategies with international benchmarks, such as those promoted by the WEF.

The global economic system is undergoing structural and institutional transformations driven by technological advances, the intensification of sustainable development challenges, and increasing energy and geopolitical instability. In this context, research into the mechanisms of influence of supranational platforms on the formation of statesʼ macroeconomic policies becomes especially relevant, particularly the role of the World Economic Forum as a catalyst for structural reforms. The study is based on the hypothesis that the World Economic Forum functions as an institution of global macro-economic transformation, whose influence varies depending on the direction of transformation and a countryʼs institutional status within the system of supranational associations. The methodological basis of the study comprises the concepts of institutional isomorphism, diffusion policies, and varieties of capitalism. To achieve the objective, systemic, institutional, and index methods were applied, as well as content analysis of World Economic Forum reports. Based on the studyʼs findings, theoretical approaches to analysing the normative influence of the World Economic Forum, which is realized through the formation of epistemic communities, the ranking of national economies, and soft power mechanisms have been systematized. Three key vectors of macroeconomic transformation have been identified: competitiveness, digitalization, and the energy transition, and their systemic interrelationship has been characterized. Using the example of the countries of the Lublin Triangle, it has been established that the trajectories of the Energy Transition Index for Poland and Lithuania are predominantly upward, while Ukraine demons-trates volatile dynamics due to the destruction of its energy infrastructure amid the war. The proposed hypothesis has been confirmed: Ukraineʼs acquisition of candidate status for European Union membership creates synergy between the World Economic Forumʼs normative benchmarks and the requirements of European integration, reinforcing transformational impulses. A scientific novelty is the authorʼs Macroeconomic Policy Coherence Index, which enables a quantitative assessment of the alignment of national economic policy with the recommendations of the World Economic Forum. The practical value of the results lies in their applicability by govern-ment authorities for monitoring and justifying the strategic reform priorities. Prospects for further research are associated with the empirical testing of the proposed index and an in-depth analysis of the energy transition in the context of Ukraineʼs post-war recovery.

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