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Humanitarian Action
Here's how governments can help mobile phones become a humanitarian lifeline
Mobile phones can help vulnerable communities access support during COVID-19 - but too many are still excluded from this vital technology. Here's what needs to change.
Development Finance
A group from Silicon Valley has a serious plan for creating a totally new US stock exchange
The new system will apply additional rules to reward long-term shareholding and business strategies.
Latin America
How a different kind of investment could transform Latin America
The pandemic is ravaging Latin America, but it also offers an opportunity to transform the region. Here's how the financial sector can help with ESG investing.
Development Finance
IMF: Fiscal policies to support governments now - and in future
It is vital fiscal policy remains flexible and is properly managed until the end of the Great Lockdown, write two economists from the IMF.
COVID-19
What philanthropy can do to fight pandemics and future health crises
Philanthropists can fund the discovery of long-term solutions to seemingly remote or intractable societal problems without pressure for immediate results.
COVID-19
Joseph Stiglitz on priorities for the post-COVID economy
Governments are having to constantly adapt fiscal policies to support both vulnerable people and businesses during COVID-19. It's vital a green recovery is part of policymakers' plans.
COVID-19
How COVID-19 is rapidly evolving digital financial inclusion
Lockdowns and social distancing are accelerating the use of digital financial services, just as the SARS epidemic in 2003 hastened China’s launching of digital payments and e-commerce.
Public Finance and Social Protection
Remittances could fall by $100 billion because of COVID-19 – here’s why that matters
At least 60 low- and middle-income countries depend on remittances for more than 5% of GDP. But this vital source of income is under threat.
COVID-19
How public sector accounting can help in the COVID-19 recovery
Proper asset management and accrual accounting would contribute to economic growth, generate cash flows for the public budget, and lower net operating costs.
United States
COVID-19 could change the welfare state forever
Governments are boosting spending to support those who have been most affected by COVID-19. The pandemic could lead to a new consensus on the welfare state.
COVID-19
This major issue needs to be resolved before we can become a cashless society
Black Americans are less likely to have bank accounts than other groups in the US, and the same is true for poor people in Europe, according to a report.
COVID-19
Nepal faces a crisis as COVID-19 stems the flow of remittances
The country faces the cascading impact of returning migrant workers, who are no longer sending money home, in the midst of a global public health emergency.
Migration
Scientists around the world are already fighting the next pandemic
Improving water, sanitation, and hygiene practice – a practice known as WASH – is vital in reducing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in developing countries.
COVID-19
How impact finance can alleviate COVID-19's economic symptoms
The private sector is facing unprecedented difficulties in accessing finance at a time when it is sorely needed. Could impact finance provide the answer?
COVID-19
What small island nations – like Saint Lucia – need to survive and thrive in the post-pandemic world
Small, developing nations are the most vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19. A shift in the development finance ecosystem will help them build resilience.