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Financial inclusion must reach the last billion
With the globalisation engine no longer as powerful as it once was, economic growth alone is unlikely to eradicate poverty. One complementary approach is to bolster financial inclusion.
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Policy & Finance
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
Even though the global economy depends on a stable climate and reliable ecosystem services, businesses and financial institutions are not required or incentivised to invest in nature. Central banks and supervisors could change that trajectory simply by fulfilling their financial-stability mandate.
Policy & Finance
Aid cuts could erase women from public life
Amid a critical UN meeting on women and with aid cuts causing turmoil, we must remember that investing in women is a priority.
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Can Indonesia avoid becoming Southeast Asia’s carbon dumping ground?
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Policy & Finance
Malaysia, Indonesia’s journey in pushing for green finance
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Ban solar geoengineering
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Did COP29 fail women?
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