2010 Risks Interconnection Map
<p>2011 WEF Global Risk Report - 10 Year Outlook</p>
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The data used to build the Risk Interconnections Map
(RIM, see Figure 14) is drawn from two sources:
- The connections and strengths are developed
using data from the Global Risks Experts
Perception Survey 2010. This Web-based survey
was completed over the third quarter of 2009 by
over 200 experts, business leaders and policymakers
from the Forum’s and the Report partners’
networks, as well as members of the Forum’s
Global Agenda Councils. The survey assesses
how respondents perceive a selection of global
risks tracked by the Global Risk Network (see
above section “How global risks are defined”). For
each risk respondents are asked to select 3 other
risks from the taxonomy of global risks that they
consider are the most connected to the risk in
question. The aim is not to determine causal
relationships among the risks or to identify drivers
and consequences, but rather to determine the
number and strength of interconnections between
different risks.</p>
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- The nodes on the RIM represent the same
assessment data for severity and likelihood as in
the Global Risks Landscape and the Global Risks
Barometer, which are drawn from qualitative
assessment that represents the aggregate views of
experts from the partners involved in this Report. A
greater node size indicates a higher likelihood (%),
while a thicker node circumference shows a higher
severity (US$). Each line represents a connection
to another risk, while their thickness indicates the
strength of the relationship between them.</p>