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Future of Economic Progress
Tariffs and monetary policy: A toxic mix
The escalating tariffs are having a mounting impact on global trade volumes, industrial production, capital formation and the tactic of relying exclusively on barriers to trade and protec...
Insurance
Does public banking work?
The global and historical experience with public banking suggests that, just as in the private sector, some public banks will achieve most of their goals most of the time, while others wi...
Global Risks
What lies ahead for Europe's languishing economy?
Coming from the role as chief of the IMF, Christine Lagarde excelled at emphasising the economic implications of gender bias and climate change. Now her challenge is to avoid a second dec...
Climate Change
Beyond ‘business as usual’. Addressing the climate change crisis
As children protest to safeguard their future, companies and governments must take concrete action
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Hurricanes, wildfires and natural disasters drive high reinsurance renewal rates
Large insurance losses from hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters in the past two years are set to push up reinsurance renewal rates.
Africa
Africa must become more resilient to climate risk. Here's how
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...
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.
Insurance
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.
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.
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.
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...
Insurance
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...
Precision Medicine
Why biodiversity is key to our survival
Diversity is thought to make ecosystems, species and populations more resilient to environmental stresses.
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...
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.