Climate change means African countries are facing a double storm: an increased risk of extreme weather events and a large shortfall in insurance coverage, which means too much of the fina...

Beat Strebel 26 Aug 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Poorer countries are more vulnerable to climate change – here’s how they can prepare

Natural disasters destroy lives and property and have large and lasting effects on economies by reducing production and increasing debt burdens.

Seán Nolan and Krishna Srinivasan · IMF Direct 02 Jul 2019

Insurance and Asset Management

How cities can become more resilient to climate change

In an age of megacities and extreme storms, a leader from the insurance industry writes about how we can adapt.

Veronica Scotti 25 Jun 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

5 charts on the vulnerabilities in the global economy - and why we should worry about them

If financial conditions remain easy for too long, vulnerabilities will continue to build, and the odds of a sharp drop in economic growth at some later point will be higher.

Tobias Adrian and Fabio M. Natalucci · IMF Direct 23 Apr 2019

Infrastructure

What Fukushima's cherry trees tell us about Japan's reinvention

Dismantling and decontamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will take several decades. For many in Japan, the disaster is seen as having launched a renaissance.

Sébastien Travadel, Aurélien Portelli, and Franck Guarnieri · The Conversation 04 Apr 2019

Cybersecurity

We are on the edge of a new ‘cyber’ space age. This is how we make it a success

Nearly 50 years after the first moon landing, we stand at the threshold of a new cyberspace age - and like the Apollo 11 mission, its success will depend on strong public-private collabor...

Kristof Terryn 18 Mar 2019

Insurance and Asset Management

We must build resilience to face the future - but will we be fast enough?

In order to prepare for increasingly frequent climate-related extreme weather and natural disasters as we move towards a low-carbon economy, we must become more resilient. Here's how we s...

Christian Mumenthaler 23 Jan 2019

Precision Medicine

Why biodiversity is key to our survival

Diversity is thought to make ecosystems, species and populations more resilient to environmental stresses.

Eric Muraille · The Conversation 11 Jan 2019

ASEAN

Here are seven steps the insurance industry in the ASEAN region can take to navigate disruption

Traditional insurance companies are being buffeted by the forces of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including changes in customer behaviour and expectations brought on by technology, ne...

Lutfey Siddiqi and Evelina Pietruschka 18 Dec 2018

Future of Economic Progress

How India’s ultra-rich population is growing faster than anywhere else

In 2017 India's millionaire population grew by 20% year-on-year and their overall wealth also grew to $1.1 trillion.

Nupur Anand · Quartz 05 Dec 2018

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity needs a holistic approach. Here are three ways to build protection

We need global cybersecurity standards around information sharing, incident reporting, security-by-design principles and best practices. The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Cybersecurit...

Paige Adams 27 Nov 2018

Electronics

No Fitbit, no insurance: is this the start of a major trend?

Policyholders score premium discounts for hitting exercise targets tracked on wearable devices such as a Fitbit or Apple Watch.

Suzanne Barlyn · Reuters 24 Sep 2018

Public Finance and Social Protection

How the world can start addressing global wealth inequalities

High and rising income inequality is a serious concern in many countries, however, wealth is distributed even more unequally than income.

Michael Keen and James Brumby · IMF Blog 14 Feb 2018

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