The SDGs could be worth $12 trillion, but they've been slow to attract finance. SDG500 is a new multistakeholder investment initiative to change that.

Dorothy Tembo and Jean-Philippe de Schrevel 19 Jan 2020

Private Investors

A win-win strategy for private equity deals

What if transactions were based on shared goals? Sellers would retain a stake and select a buyer based on their view of the new owner’s ability increase the value of the business.

David Novak 07 Jan 2020

Private Investors

This is how venture capital can fuel a brighter future

By investing in AI, cloud computing, robotics and more, venture capital could reshape major global industries to help offset and possibly reverse the excesses of capitalism.

Zachary Bogue 17 Dec 2019

Mental Health

This is how much it would cost to end gender-violence across the world

Every day more than 800 women die from preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth. But these needless deaths could ended by 2030, for the cost of 46 military aircraft.

Nita Bhalla · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 29 Nov 2019

International Trade and Investment

How the Western Balkans can keep its economic momentum

After the recent success of the Regional Roaming Agreement, landmark progress on economic competitiveness and innovation has been achieved in the region.

Børge Brende and Martina Larkin · Euractiv 08 Nov 2019

European Union

Brexit uncertainty is taking a toll on the British economy

Uncertainty is associated with reduced investment and lower productivity, with particularly large effects at highly productive firms most exposed to EU trade.

Laurent Belsie · NBER Digest 24 Oct 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

'Eden bonds': how rewilding could save the climate and your pension

Eden bonds - a newly proposed financial instrument - would fund rewilding projects at the same time as generating safe, long-term returns for institutional investors. Here's how they woul...

Henry Boucher 14 Oct 2019

European Union

2 spaces need filling on the ECB Executive Board - who's in the running?

The European Central Bank has two vacant positions for the executive board, but who will fill them? The members must be able to influence the ECB on policy decisions to make a broader agr...

Stefan Gerlach · Project Syndicate 08 Oct 2019

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is booming - and here's why, says the Prime Minister

With a young and tech-savvy population, near double-digit growth and a modernizing, forward-facing economy, Bangladesh is open and ready for business, says the country's Prime Minister Sh...

Sheikh Hasina 04 Oct 2019

Infrastructure

Here’s why infrastructure will make or break our response to climate change

Simply calling for “more infrastructure” is worse than insufficient. When it suggests more of the same, it’s simply wrong

Joel Moser 23 Sep 2019

Institutional Investors

The UK has opened a 1,300 km cycle trail linking England and Scotland

From the Peak District to John O’Groats, nearly 1,300 kilometres of off-road ups and downs, forest trails and canal paths await two-wheeled adventurers in the UK. The newly launched Grea...

Charlotte Edmond 06 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

Sub-Saharan Africa has all the natural capital it needs to grow its tourism industry

Africa has an enormous opportunity to take advantage of its abundance of natural resources, according to the 2019 edition of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report.

Maksim Soshkin 04 Sep 2019

Africa

These are the 5 biggest risks facing sub-Saharan Africa this year

The launch of the World Economic Forum’s Sub-Saharan Africa Risks Landscape report highlights the key challenges to the region.

Sean Fleming 03 Sep 2019

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