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World Bank: Tackling Development Crisis Through Financial Innovation
The World Bank uncovers fresh avenues to
OECD: Sustainable Development and Climate Change Require More than Just Money
Blended finance could hold the key to
Paolo Sironi, IBM: Creating Digital Advantage for Uncertain Times
Changing a car tyre isn’t that hard
OECD: What Will It Take to Achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?
Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
IFC’s Alfonso García Mora: On the Frontlines of Climate Change and War
To mitigate the harmful effects of climate
Wesco International Leading B2B Supply Chain
Wesco International has structure, strategy, sustainability and
Many a Titter about Twitter as Musk Bungles his Big Purchase
Dust off your shovels! Elon Musk has
Mortgages Agreed Within Seconds? This Banker Vaults Digital Frontiers
KBC Bank chief executive Johan Thijs has
Binance Teeters as Regulators Close-in on Troubled Exchange
Crypto is having another ‘moment’. Wim Romeijn takes a look for CFI.co… Binance, the largest exchange for trading digital currency
Coal, Ja Bitte, Nuke, Nein Danke: Germany’s Other Sort of Nuclear ‘Disaster’ is Unfolding
Coal is a dirty source of fuel, and brown coal is the worst of the lot — yet, as Wim
Behind Schedule and Running Out of Ideas: Germany is On-Track for a Homegrown Infrastructure Crisis
A once-immaculate transport system is now underfunded and overstretched, reports Wim Romeijn. The trains in Germany no longer run on
The Week That Was… 39
Wim Romeijn looks at the financial talking and turning points of the world over the past seven days. Carbon Emission
Accenture on Generative AI: Surfing the Next Wave of Digital Transformation
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and, with suitable caution that should be a good thing, argues Bashar Kilani. Generative
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Argentina: The $50-bn-Man Axel Kicillof, 51, is justifiably proud of his reign as finance tsar in the two successive administrations
A Coup Remembered: 50 Years Later, Chile Still Split Over Pinochet Legacy
On this day fifty years ago, a pleasant pre-spring Tuesday, democracy fell to armed force in Chile. Absconded in La
The American Economy is Holding Strong — and Getting Greater Still
Wim Romeijn’s recent analysis indicates that shopping addiction is a primary driver of the American economy. However, other factors contribute
On Freeters and Other Exotic Creatures in a Land of Plenty
The sustainability of Japan’s society is in doubt for various reasons, writes Wim Romeijn. China, Europe, and even the United
China Syndrome: A Wilting Economy, Financial ‘Long-Covid’, a Collapsing Property Sector — and the Spectre of Deflation Hovering Nearby
The global economy is supported by four pillars; two are wobbly, reports Wim Romeijn, and one is being rebuilt. The
Inverted Yield Curves and Central Bankers Pull Focus to the Tetons as BRICS Founders
Another day, another financial event — the 46th US Federal Reserve Summer Symposium — for Wim Romeijn to ponder… As
South Africa Looks on While Brazil and India Face Off China and Russia
Johannesburg BRICS Summit (22-24 August 2023) Is the Johannesburg summit anything more than just a chatgroup meeting for importers and