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Greenbacks for a Green Future: It’s the Cost of DecarbonisationGreenbacks for a Green Future: It’s the Cost of Decarbonisation

Greenbacks for a Green Future: It’s the Cost of Decarbonisation

Accelerating the transition toward low- or zero-carbon emissions is necessary to keep global warming at theoretically safe levels. That will…

3 years ago
Setting the Standard for Sustainability and Advancing the ESG AgendaSetting the Standard for Sustainability and Advancing the ESG Agenda

Setting the Standard for Sustainability and Advancing the ESG Agenda

AccountAbility is an expert Sustainability / ESG consulting and standards firm that provides objective counsel to CEOs and boards on…

3 years ago
Plus ça Change: Mired in Multiple Crises, Lebanon Votes for ContinuityPlus ça Change: Mired in Multiple Crises, Lebanon Votes for Continuity

Plus ça Change: Mired in Multiple Crises, Lebanon Votes for Continuity

In a scathing indictment of the country’s political elite, Lebanon tumbled some 25 places on the annual United Nations World…

3 years ago
Otaviano Canuto: Some Economies May Soon Face a Hard LandingOtaviano Canuto: Some Economies May Soon Face a Hard Landing

Otaviano Canuto: Some Economies May Soon Face a Hard Landing

Weaker performance of emerging markets is expected in the immediate future. This year began with simultaneous signs of a slowdown…

3 years ago
Decarbonisation and “Greenflation”Decarbonisation and “Greenflation”

Decarbonisation and “Greenflation”

Accelerating the transition toward low or net-zero carbon emissions is necessary to keep global warming at theoretically safe levels. That…

3 years ago
China’s Renminbi Needs Convertibility to InternationaliseChina’s Renminbi Needs Convertibility to Internationalise

China’s Renminbi Needs Convertibility to Internationalise

On July 21, the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) published its eighth annual report on Global Public Investors…

4 years ago
Geoffrey Okamoto, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF: Knightmare UncertaintyGeoffrey Okamoto, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF: Knightmare Uncertainty

Geoffrey Okamoto, First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF: Knightmare Uncertainty

The American economist Frank Knight theorised about the difference between risk and uncertainty in his classic book Risk, Uncertainty and…

4 years ago
Don’t Expect Miracles from the MultilateralsDon’t Expect Miracles from the Multilaterals

Don’t Expect Miracles from the Multilaterals

by Otaviano Canuto Latin American and Caribbean economies need help, but organisations such as the IDB are also stretched thin.…

5 years ago
When It Pours, Rainy Day Funds Help – A LittleWhen It Pours, Rainy Day Funds Help – A Little

When It Pours, Rainy Day Funds Help – A Little

Both the United States and the United Kingdom have joined the increasingly crowded ranks of countries sustaining a debt load…

5 years ago
India: Carefully Seizing the DayIndia: Carefully Seizing the Day

India: Carefully Seizing the Day

India’s aspiration of rivalling China for regional political and economic supremacy may seem to have been ruined by the Corona…

5 years ago