Tax data suggest that while inequality between countries has fallen dramatically, inequality within countries has risen. Household surveys point to much lower within-country inequality, but may suffer from underreporting of income. This column uses a new method to estimate the degree to which the rich report a lower fraction of income than the poor do, […]

Green is the new buzzword, but what does greening industry and the financial sector mean in practice? In our recent report, “Zambia: Financing a Green Future” we seek to start answering these questions for Zambia.   For Zambia, going green means a combination of adapting regulations and financial supervision frameworks to adequately measure and mitigate […]

keeping people safe. Heading into the 2024 Summit, this charge has become harder than ever to fulfil. The past two years have seen Russia’s invasion of and war crimes in Ukraine, repeated military coups across the Sahel, new conflict in Sudan, and the intense fighting of the Israel-Hamas war. According to U.N. estimates, over 115 million people were forcibly displaced, and […]