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Stronger Penalties and Timely Targets Could Make Sustainability-Linked Bonds More Effective

New research highlights structural flaws in sustainability-linked bonds that weaken their ability to promote meaningful environmental and social outcomes. Sustainability-linked…

10 months ago

Asia and the Pacific’s Developing Countries Need a Mission to Move Forward

As the region recovers from the pandemic there is an opportunity to rethink how development is undertaken and to deploy…

10 months ago

Building Healthy Supply Chains While Cutting Carbon

Decarbonizing healthcare supply chains is essential to reducing emissions, minimizing waste, and strengthening the resilience of health systems, particularly in…

10 months ago

Artificial Intelligence Meets Real Finance: Innovation, Risk, and Regulation

Artificial intelligence is reshaping financial services by improving credit scoring, customer service, fraud detection, and risk management across sectors. The…

11 months ago

Banks Without Borders: How AI, IDs, and Innovation Are Changing the Game

Rising compliance costs, regulatory fragmentation, and de-risking are limiting cross-border banking access, but technology-driven solutions offer a path to restore…

11 months ago

Educating children with disabilities: Addressing the unfinished agenda. Reflections a decade later.

The third Global Disability Summit takes place this week in Berlin, and policymakers, educators, and civil society actors attending will reflect on…

11 months ago

Securing the future of fast payments: The open-source debate

Fast payments—also known as instant, real-time, immediate, or rapid payments—bring speed, efficiency and access to financial services worldwide by allowing…

11 months ago

The effects of the Middle East conflict on tourism in the MENA region

Tourism is a key economic driver in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and has long served as…

11 months ago

Connecting 300 million people to electricity and building a resilient future in Africa

One of the resounding messages of the recent Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit was that closing the energy-access gap—for electricity…

11 months ago

Developing countries need a better strategy to accelerate rural development

Despite the advances of the modern era, the global economy remains strikingly lopsided when it comes to the welfare of…

11 months ago