Here's the Beeb's lede on the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos:

Climate change, the rise of Asia and the next web revolution will dominate the agenda when the World Economic Forum starts on Wednesday in Davos.

And here's a brief excerpt from the Beeb story on the World Social Forum, which opened in Kenya on Jan. 20:

Set up in 2001 as a rival to the World Economic Forum, the forum will cover HIV/Aids, the landless and migration.

It will also emphasise the struggles faced by deprived Africans.