Food security trends in 2024 and beyond
In 2024 food security is likely to remain one of the critical challenges for the world to face. The World Bank has therefore included food and
Wiki Finance Expo Hong Kong 2024 Is Coming in May!
Regulation, Forex, Crypto, Web 3.0, NFTs, Metaverse, ESG, AI Will Be in Focus. Taking place on May 17, 2024, Wiki Finance Expo Hong Kong 2024
The societal value of moral behaviour
There is overwhelming empirical evidence that people are neither consistently selfish nor consistently altruistic. Instead, their public-spiritedness depends on their contexts. This column provides an
The economic consequences of political pressure on the Federal Reserve
Politicians often interfere with central banks, but it is not clear how to measure such political pressure systematically and therefore difficult to quantify its economic
How AI can undermine financial stability
As artificial intelligence makes inroads into the financial system, it exacerbates existing channels of instability and creates new ones. This column identifies several such channels,
The models used to inform policy are lacking natural capital
Classical economic models routinely included land as a production factor, a practice economists later abandoned. This column argues that adding natural capital in economic models
Lower inequality: A critical measure to align development and climate goals
Are the goals of combating climate change and ending global poverty at odds with each other? This column estimates the economic growth needed to reduce
From the horse’s mouth: Technical education is a changer for girls interested in STEM
Adolescent girls in Sub-Sharan Africa (SSA) are at a higher risk of dropping out of upper secondary school. According to UNESCO, over 19.3 million adolescent
China EV overcapacity fix would be a crowd pleaser
China has admitted its electric-car drive has gone too far. The country’s vice minister of industry and information technology on Friday pledged to reduce EV
Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border, several injuries reported
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Tuesday with reports of several injuries and collapsed houses, Chinese state media reported. The epicentre
