The Sustainability Report 2020 explores the many ways the EBRD created impact...

Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic buyers and suppliers focus on maintaining liquidity, supply chain finance programs are an exceptionally important tool for banks to support struggling economies... 

The global COVID-19 pandemic and diminished economic activity that resulted from it had a significant impact on financial institutions around the world in 2020. In order to gauge that impact...

ADB has published a new book on Financing Clean Energy in Developing Asia. "It reviews existing financing options and approaches for clean energy, and includes country examples....

The EBRD Annual Review 2020 "describes the impact of the EBRD’s investments, projects and policy work amid the Covid-19 crisis, and outlines our achievements...

'Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are a vital part of the livelihoods and resilience strategies of poor households across emerging markets. There is evidence that lack ...

'Authors of the report perceived as the highest likelihood risks of the next ten years are extreme weather, climate action failure and human-led environmental damage'...

'Authors of the report perceived as the highest likelihood risks of the next ten years are extreme weather, climate action failure and human-led environmental damage; as well as digital power concentration, digital inequality and cybersecurity failure. Among the highest impact risks of the next decade, infectious diseases are in the top spot, followed by climate action failure and other environmental risks; as well as weapons of mass destruction, livelihood crises, debt crises and IT infrastructure breakdown.'

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Source: The World Economic Forum

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Emerging technologies such as AI, 5G, DLT, and quantum are increasingly being used by financial services firms and are forming clusters that are driving innovation....

GIZ has prepared a comprehensive toolkit on women's financial inclusion. "The purpose of this toolkit is to help practitioners working in developing countries advance women’s financial inclusion and navigate the existing barriers...

This year’s report aims to keep the focus on consistent measurement of gender gaps while providing new data to point to emerging and concerning trends in the labour market...

According to ADB's new Asian Development Outlook "Growth in 2021 is forecast to be strongest in East and South Asia, and more moderate in Central and Southeast Asia and the Pacific...

'Throughout the current crisis, the international statistics community has continued to work together, in partnership with national statistical offices and systems around the world to ensure that the best quality data and statistics are available to support decision making during and after the crisis.