How a regulated utility innovates without breaking things
Safety and stability are essential for public utilities. But they face pressure to innovate to keep up with technological innovation, environmental...
Safety and stability are essential for public utilities. But they face pressure to innovate to keep up with technological innovation, environmental...
Artificial intelligence will both be of considerable help to the financial authorities and bring new challenges. This column argues the authorities...
Informality prevails in Africa, especially among women. Eighty-eight per cent of working African women were employed in the informal economy in 2022...
Despite some advances in women’s rights in Pakistan, economic and political unrest has increased gender-based violence in the country. A system of...
In January 2020, the Greek government appointed a Commission to propose a growth plan for the Greek economy. The Pissarides Commission produced a...
The stakes are high for gender equality in Argentina, which has a chequered history in gender reform. Now the next president might be an extreme-right...
The United Arab Emirates have taken steps to alleviate gender inequalities in its legal system, amending their labour, personal status and criminal...
This policy note summarises the main empirical findings on the effectiveness of macroprudential policy: macroprudential policy contributes to a...
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 has resulted in significant economic and environmental losses. This catastrophe impacts the lives of...
Increased access to financial services after the expansion of banks in India improved household health outcomes.
In the past century, legal reforms for women’s rights improved economic and social outcomes for women and for society as a whole around the world...
Ukraine’s tax system functions primarily on the basis of unofficial rules of tax collection. This divergence between law and practice predates Russia...
Western sanctions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have markedly changed the constitution of President Putin’s inner circle. This column argues that...
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, the need for increased global support becomes more apparent. This column illustrates this need with two...
The economic sanctions on Russia have had wide-ranging debilitating effects, from asset freezes to individuals’ travel bans and the dissolution of...
Electricity blackouts caused by Russian rocket attacks on the power grid have become a daily occurrence in Ukraine. This column estimates the economic...