I wish everyone at Davos had spent the week before with me in Yemen

Yemeni university students attend a graduation ceremony in the capital Sanaa. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images.

By Nic Robertson

My colleague Richard Quest — who has attended more World Economic Forums and interviewed more CEOs, ministers, prime ministers and presidents in Davos than I have probably had hot dinners — asked me an intriguing question this week.

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