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Demand for traditional office and retail space has dropped in the COVID-19 pandemic. This could threaten financial stability, says the IMF, but policy can help.
Attention is turning away from old-style 'debt-for-nature swaps' to new instruments like 'nature performance bonds' that could help achieve climate goals.
Research shows that better data could help unlock the finance to meet spiking need and bridge a multi-billion-dollar gap in humanitarian aid.
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization. Economist Dr Monica Orisadare discusses her achievement.
Research by Statista shows that Nigerians are most likely to use cryptocurrency, with 32% last year saying they owned or used it.
Since 1970, three debt waves have ended in financial crises for emerging and developing economies, according to the World Bank. Global public debt will be at around 100% of GDP until 2025...
One of the biggest reasons for people preferring cash in developing countries is not having a bank account and thus no bank card.
COVID-19 is hitting small businesses in the world's poorest countries hard. Governments can help by using aid funding to attract private investment.
We will not recover from COVID-19 until we ensure vaccine access to all people, in all countries, without delay. But who will set the terms?
Climate change, pandemic and social injustice are deeply interconnected and must be seen through a 360 degree lens so we can drive for systemic solutions.
In this episode we talk to the bankers, insurers and innovators pushing the world to divest from fossil fuels.
The company's first ever ESG (environmental, social and governance) strategy aims to reduce its exposure to non-renewable energy.
In 2009, wealthy governments agreed to increase climate finance for vulnerable countries to $100 billion annually by 2020, however, this figure has yet to be met.
Falling revenues combined with costly pandemic relief measures have increased global debt by $20 trillion since the third quarter of 2019.