The UN Climate Conference in Glasgow saw a flurry of commitments and proposals to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C. While…
By Axel van Trotsenburg World Bank Managing Director of Operations COVID-19 has imposed a deeper, more widespread shock than the…
The American economist Frank Knight theorised about the difference between risk and uncertainty in his classic book Risk, Uncertainty and…
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China’s economic growth has been sliding since 2011, while its economic structure has gradually rebalanced toward lower dependence on investments…
Early in November, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) paid homage to Chile’s economic resilience and progress. It lavished praise on…
It is widely understood that the world is falling far short of the funding flows required to achieve the Sustainable…
Strategic investment funds have emerged as a way of addressing gaps in the infrastructure investment lifecycle. These funds are wholly…
Worldwide, around 500 million people live in “fragile situations,” mostly caused by armed conflict. Climate change threatens to add another…