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Global Warning: Asia is Critical to Addressing Climate Change
Asia emits about half of the world’s global greenhouse gas emissions and that figure is set to increase if the right policies are not put in place. Asia’s future will be heavily shaped by climate change. The region has special vulnerabilities,
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Championing CBDCs — Who’s Who in the Race?
Central banks front and centre, of course — but little is straightforward in the biggest currency jump we’ve faced since shells went out of fashion… The emergence of Bitcoin over a decade ago was a revelation. Even with the turbulent
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EY: Haunted by Phantom Income and at the Mercy of Economic Patterns — Inflation Distorts World Tax Systems
Recent IMF data show developed economies are running at an annual inflation rate of three to 10 percent. Some eastern European and Asian countries currently sit between 10 and 25 percent — and 10 nations are struggling with higher rates
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Business Leaders Find Alternatives to Pay Increases in Cost-of-Living Battle
Salaries falling behind inflation, and continual hikes ‘won’t always be possible’ as a countermeasure, firms say. The cost-of-living crisis is burgeoning, the war for talent rages on, and pay awards have been plateauing for six rolling quarters — falling behind
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Asian Development Bank: Decarbonisation ‘Won’t Work Unless it’s Equitable’
The transition to global net zero to address climate change must be both ambitious and fair. Otherwise, it will fail to achieve its goals — and lack the vital public support required over the long-term. Although ambitious decarbonisation will provide
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Inclusive Pan-African Investment Bank Keeps the Continent’s Finance Flowing
Verdant Capital is a leading Pan-African investment bank and investment manager, specialising in private credit and private equity. It was established in 2013, and leverages its deep investment experience and enduring relationships to fuel fintech development across the African continent.
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Otaviano Canuto: Macro-economic Policy Change – We’re Not in Kansas Any More
The possibility of multiple financial shocks lies ahead. Three significant changes to the macro-economic policy regime in advanced economies have unfolded in the past two years. Fears of a chronic insufficiency of aggregate demand as a growth deterrent — which
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A Sci-fi Author’s View on the Rise (and Control) of Human Population
There are eight billion people on Earth, and that could rise to 10 billion by the end of the century. What then? wonders TONY LENNOX… American science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov predicted that by the 23rd Century, every last bit of
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Daily Challenges of a Matchmaker: Linking the Benevolent with the World’s Most Deserving Projects
Club10mPlus is a London-based investment club seeking ethical investors for projects that benefit people and planet — and Relationship Director Christa Atwood is the matchmaker in the middle. “We find projects and then we find investors. Our core business is
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Doors Closing: Mind the EU Gender Pay Gap
Transparency directive introduced to ensure fair pay between the sexes Women in the EU continue to be paid less on average than their male colleagues and counterparts. Even in the same sector, the discrepancy exists — and most of the
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