Davos presents a big opportunity for government, private sector, and civil societies leaders to come together and find new ways of working together. Of course, that depends on whether the conversations and commitments and announcements that happen in the Swiss mountain town come to fruition.

Sometimes, initiatives start with significant momentum and then fizzle out, operating slowly and shy of their committed goals, pointed out Agnes Kalibata, the president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa.

Kalibata, who has attended the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting several times, said she sees the value of the event, and doesn’t necessarily want to call people out, but she said she doesn’t "get a sense that people are put under pressure to track what they say and what they do."

WEF would do well to have a better mechanism to track commitments and encourage people not to say the same thing every year and talk about progress without making significant strides towards it, Kalibata said.

She pointed to the example of the New Vision for Agriculture, launched in 2009 by World Economic Forum partners to build partnerships and bring in investment to sustainable agriculture to address food security, and improve environmental sustainability and economic opportunity. Among the partnerships eventually launched in 21 countries was Grow Africa, which was founded in 2011 by WEF, the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. The efforts were reported to have mobilized more than $10.5 billion in investment commitments. Less than $2.5 billion has actually been deployed, Kalibata said.

Read the source article about Davos agenda backing up commitments by Adva Saldinger at Devex International Development.