During the late 1990s the foundation, along with the G7, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and International Monetary Fund, came under heavy criticism by anti-globalization activists who claimed that capitalism and globalization were increasing poverty and destroying the environment.
90年代后期，世界经济论坛连同G7、世界银行、世界贸易组织和国际货币基金组织开始受到来自反全球化激进分子的严厉批评，他们认为资本主义和全球化加重了世界贫困，破坏了地球环境。