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Information can reduce the long-term financial consequences of part-time work for mothers

The ‘child penalty’ significantly reduces women’s lifetime earnings and pension savings, but whether this is the result of deliberate forward-looking…

1 year ago

A new index to measure geopolitical fragmentation in global greenfield foreign direct investment

Global foreign direct investment flows are increasingly mirroring the world’s geopolitical divides. This column introduces a new index for FDI…

1 year ago

How the G20 can prevent the next pandemic

In an increasingly interconnected world, the health of one is the health of all. Yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic painfully…

1 year ago

Russia’s economic war propaganda

One of the narratives being pushed by Russia is that its economy is doing better than the West, and that…

1 year ago

Decoding DeFi lending: Motivations, risks, and investor behaviours

Decentralised finance (DeFi) lending involves providing and receiving loans directly through blockchain and smart contracts, eliminating the need for traditional…

1 year ago

Heterogeneous effects of monetary tightening in response to energy price shocks

We assess the implications of two types of monetary policy responses: a ‘passive’ monetary policy response that keeps the real…

1 year ago

Three Strategies to Curb Artificial Intelligence’s Insatiable Energy Appetite

Training a single AI model can emit as much greenhouse gas as burning 300,000 pounds of coal, underscoring the need…

1 year ago

Three Ways Capital Markets Can Accelerate Climate Finance in Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific is central to global climate change efforts, but robust capital markets are needed to mobilize private…

1 year ago

Confronting the climate crisis: Water as a lever for climate action

We are fast approaching critical tipping points where climate impacts could become irreversible. How we manage the earth’s water has the potential…

1 year ago

The science of reading can help to turn around the reading crisis in low- and middle-income countries

Learning to read is the most important outcome of primary education. The ability to read allows an individual to acquire new…

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