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Behind the scenes: How we work with creditors on debt transparency

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
August 13, 2025
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Earlier this year, the World Bank conducted the second round of a Data Sharing Exercise with G-7 and Paris Club creditors. This is the first large-scale effort of its kind to systematically compare creditor- and debtor-reported data at the loan-by-loan level. Since the release of the March 2025 report, the 2025 G-7 Finance Ministers’ Communiqué highlighted the exercise and […]

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Private safe asset supply and financial instability

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
June 3, 2025
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Safe assets are financial instruments that maintain a stable value even after adverse macroeconomic shocks. This column explores how banks supply safe assets through securitisation and evaluates the consequences for financial stability. As safe assets become scarcer, banks increasingly rely on securitisation to produce safe assets, relaxing screening standards in the process. This lowers loan […]