Fuel and carbon prices are typically assessed based on their effectiveness in reducing emissions, while their broader societal benefits often go overlooked. This column evaluates
Violence against women refers to any act of gender-based violence directed against women, or that affects them disproportionately. The social and economic consequences are enormous:
As non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) have become more important in recent decades, their involvement in funding markets as well as roles in financial crises have
How states leverage sovereign debt to support their military endeavours has been examined thoroughly, but the relationship between private finance and armed conflict remains underexplored.
As part of the ongoing US-China trade war, since 2020 the US has restricted the exports of cutting-edge semiconductors from third countries to Huawei. This
Economic research often treats tools such as tariffs, subsides, interest rates, monetary policy, and austerity measures as gender neutral. This column argues that when sex-disaggregated