Tag: Finance
31 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
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
- Society & Culture
Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador: The First Fifty Days
On June 5, in a pre-recorded video, the president of El Salvador announced at the BITCOIN 2021 conference in Miami that El Salvador would be the first country to adopt bitcoin as…
November 30, 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
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
Rethinking China’s Strategy of Technological Independence
One of the themes that stand out in China’s 14th Five-year Plan for national economic and social development is the commitment to strengthening technological self-sufficiency.…
June 22, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Curbing Illicit Financial Flows to Pay for Sustainable Development and COVID-19 Recovery
As states seek to cope with the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, budget deficits and debt burdens widen. This is particularly true in Africa, where post…
March 2, 2021
- Society & Culture
Resilient Supply Chain Initiative: A Political Driver to Revive Asian Regional Growth
The most notable regional response to the repositioning of supply chains due to COVID-19 has been the announcement of the Resilient Supply Chain Initiative (RSCI). Economic…
January 30, 2021
- Business & Economics
US Trade Policy in the Biden Administration: The Challenge of China’s Rise
The Emergence of China as a Focus of US Trade Policy Despite a period of rapid growth between 1979 and 1990 under Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms, China…
December 21, 2020