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Human capital investments are climate investments

The floods that swept through several regions of Brazil this past May displaced more than half a million people. The…

1 year ago

How the Private Sector Can Create Jobs and Drive Development in Western and Central Africa

Every year in Western and Central Africa, 6 million young people enter the labor force, while only about half a million…

1 year ago

Emerging market sovereign issuers address demand for transparency and rigor in capital market transactions

The Need for Sustainable Finance in Emerging Markets Emerging market economies require USD 6.9 trillion to USD 7.6 trillion between 2023 and…

1 year ago

Lessons from Zambia: Improving sanitation through planning, awareness-building, and collaboration

We’re excited to share lessons from our recent work on the Lusaka Sanitation Project in Zambia but before delving into the recent…

1 year ago

Crisis breeds innovation: How the 2022 energy crisis accelerated green technology adoption

Achieving net zero emissions globally will require a rapid deployment of low-carbon technologies (LCTs), and this in turn can boost…

1 year ago

Cycling may be old but it’s never been more relevant

Bicycles were invented in the nineteenth century—the same century that gave us the typewriter, the telegraph, and the landline telephone.…

1 year ago

IMF lending and private sector investment decisions

Recent frequent economic headwinds facing countries, from the global financial crisis to the pandemic, supply chain problems, and geopolitical tensions,…

1 year ago

Why the stock market has risen so much

For over four decades, owners of a diversified pension fund have been used to an annual real return of 5-6%.…

1 year ago

The giant missing piece in the EU’s capital market puzzle

In the spirit of unity, let me start with a statement we can all agree on: the EU needs to…

1 year ago

Geopolitical risk to oil production is not a major driver of the economy

Geopolitical downside risk to oil production can have sizeable effects on oil price uncertainty and the global economy. This column…

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