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Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
Digital payments are driving a profound change in Brazil's banking sector. Since COVID-19 started, millions of people have been given access to bank accounts for the first time. Here's how.
Debt in low-income countries has been rising for years, despite lower debt ratios than in the mid-1990s. Now COVID and the Ukraine war could make it worse.
Using an innovative financing model — already deployed against COVID and malaria — the international community can build an equitable and resilient future.
Disciplined procedures to evaluate options for healthcare investment can reduce bias and correct power imbalances.
A stock split increases a company's number of shares, without affecting its overall value. Companies do them to increase liquidity or to signal good news.
Nature plays an important role in combating climate change, but efforts to preserve and restore our ecosystems need more global investment to succeed.
Blended finance is a model that helps to mitigate investment risks and attract more private-sector funding for projects that make a positive climate impact
Blockchain technologies are enabling SMEs to access new markets through payment solutions, positively impacting economic development in emerging economies.
To meet the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement, private companies worldwide need to be convinced that going green makes sense. Here's how that can happen.
2021 saw the crypto markets boom, with different sectors flourishing and largely outperforming bitcoin. Solana, for example saw an 11,177.8% increase.
Countries are still debating whether to ban, regulate or embrace energy-intensive digital currencies. Five crypto experts share their predictions for 2022.
Cambodia's digital currency, Bakong, enables users without a bank account to make payments and transfers through a mobile app.
Crypto assets are changing the international monetary and financial system, but there is an urgent need for cross-border collaboration to address potential challenges.
Decentralized autonomous organizations are part of digital investing, with attention spiking after one DAO group tried to buy a historic copy of the US Constitution.
Experts from the World Bank explain why development finance should be linked to climate action to protect the world's poorest - and tackle climate change.