Category: Business & Economics
93 Articles
- Business & Economics
What is Holding the Yuan Back? Xi is.
China’s economy is the second largest in the world. Yet, the yuan, China’s currency, remains a minor player in the global economy. Although 60 percent of worldwide official…
February 11, 2022
- Business & Economics
Latin America and the Caribbean’s Asymmetrical Engagement with China during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented global circumstances, straining rich countries and the developing world alike, but disproportionately affecting the latter. While…
January 18, 2022
- Business & Economics
Addressing Crypto: The Need for Regulation and the Potential for Central Bank Digital Currencies
Cryptocurrencies are a form of digital money exchanged via distributed ledgers known as blockchains. Transactions between digital wallets are typically recorded publicly and…
January 11, 2022
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Japan Makes Control of Emerging Technologies a Priority
Japan’s new prime minister, Kishida Fumio, has promised to “think about national security from a variety of perspectives, not just force.” While this is a longstanding part…
November 10, 2021
- Business & Economics
Pandora Papers Revelations: What Is at Stake?
The Pandora Papers, released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) early in October 2021, is the largest data leak about secret offshore assets held…
November 9, 2021
- Business & Economics
Preventing the Next Systemic Emerging Markets Debt Crisis: Debt Affordability for Emerging Markets in a Post-Pandemic World
The hysteresis to sovereign debt affordability for emerging markets due to the pandemic is difficult to overstate. The financial resources of most EMs are already strained from…
August 5, 2021
- Business & Economics
‘Green’ Extractivism and the Limits of Energy Transitions: Lithium, Sacrifice, and Maldevelopment in the Americas
Transitions Months after former Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced from office in October of 2019, Elon Musk triggered conspiracy theorists across the political spectrum…
July 20, 2021
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The African Union Private Sector Development Strategy: A Catalyzer of Socio-economic Transformation in Africa
During the last two decades before COVID-19, Africa recorded an average annual 4.6 % growth rate despite an unfavorable international economic and financial environment. This…
July 15, 2021
- Business & Economics
Intersecting Interests and Coincidental Compatibility: How China, the EU, and the United States Can Coordinate Their Push for Globalizing Green Finance
As a key component of meeting the Paris Agreement, green finance has been a vital issue in climate change mitigation after China initiated a G20 working group in 2016. Since, …
July 15, 2021
- Business & Economics
COVID-19: An Accelerator for Sustainable and Smart Urban Transitions?
A Turning Point for Sustainable and Smart Urban Transitions? The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread and tragic destruction in terms of human lives, and, through efforts to…
July 14, 2021