Category: Business & Economics

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Business & Economics

Cyber Mercenaries: Limiting Government Use of Commercial Spyware

Recent Trends in Commercial Spyware The commercial spyware industry, valued at approximately billion in 2023, is highly lucrative and concentrated among a small number of. …

September 4, 2024

Business & Economics

Illuminating Nigeria: Blurring the Lines Between the Grid and Off-Grid Electricity

With less than six years to the target date of the United Nations’ Seventh Sustainable Development Goal, which focuses on achieving universal access to clean energy, over 86…

August 7, 2024

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De-dollarization, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Future of the Chinese Yuan

Introduction China no longer seeks a global yuan due to the actions of state-owned companies and Chinese individuals moving money abroad. In 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative …

April 18, 2024

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The Role of AI in Developing Resilient Supply Chains

The missing link between AI and supply chain in Biden’s executive orders The Biden administration has paid considerable attention to both global supply chains and AI. In 2023,…

February 5, 2024

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The End Game to Lebanon’s Woes: IMF Reform And Political Willingness

The Crisis At A Glance Lebanon has been in the throes of an unprecedented financial crisis since October 2019, when the country was shaken by widespread demonstrations protesting…

November 10, 2023

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The Role of Sovereign Green Bonds in Chile’s Development

What are green bonds? Green bonds, issued for the first time in 2007 by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank, represent a major financial innovation of the last…

October 16, 2023

Business & Economics

Explanations for Women’s Limited Economic Participation and Empowerment in the MENA Region

Introduction Female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains low despite increases in other components of women’s empowerment. Why this is…

May 29, 2023

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Refining the Logic of Targeted Asset Freezes

One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western energy sanctions, in combination with a price cap to limit Russian earnings from shipborne oil and refined petroleum…

April 24, 2023

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Leveraging Climate Finance for the Global South: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

At the end of July 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) attracted global opprobrium when it announced an auction for oil and gas leasing rights to thirty parcels of…

April 5, 2023

Business & Economics

The Economic Prospects of the Transnistrian Peace Settlement after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Introduction After Vladimir Putin launched what he depicted as “the special military operation” in Ukraine in February of 2022, many analysts predicted that the…

April 4, 2023