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One-fifth of all cyberattacks target the financial sector, a share that is widely expected to rise. As cyberattacks become more frequent, the quantification and measurement
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As African leaders convene in Brazzaville to discuss the forest agenda, it is crucial to reflect on how the Congo Basin and its vital ecosystem
Carbon pricing initiatives, in the form of carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, have mushroomed in the last two decades, providing an opportunity to better
Why don’t more households participate in the stock market? The two reasons often cited in the literature are risk aversion and frictions that prevent participation,
At the end of the 19th century in Italy, books and manuscripts were transferred from monasteries to public libraries, making much of the knowledge safeguarded