-
Two years in: Assessing US and Euro area's pandemic fiscal responses
A little over two years ago the world shut down as COVID-19 rocked daily activity. The global economy dramatically contracted, but in the Euro Area (EA) and United States (US), the recovery has in many ways exceeded expectations.
2022-04 -
The EU's Industrial Strategy: Blessing or Curse for Knowledge-intensive Industries?
EU Member States can only thrive economically if they remain attractive to research- and knowledge-intensive industries. Citizens and businesses can only benefit from new economic opportunities if they have access new technologies and innovative products and services.
2022-04 -
Hidden Pollution: Asia's Rivers are Teeming with Pharmaceuticals
New technologies in water treatment systems, as well as other measures, are needed to better understand the problem of pharmaceutical contamination of Asia's rivers.
2022-04 -
Five Lessons For Digitizing Asia's Water Systems
A wide range of innovative digital technologies can improve the efficiency and resilience of water services.
2022-04 -
Climate change creates financial risks. Investors need to know what those are.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted recently to move a proposal forward that will require publicly traded companies to disclose the financial risks they face from climate change. These rules aim to bring corporate obligations for the disclosure of climate risk level with the requ ...
2022-04 -
Lessons from the Cape Town water crisis and the need for a renewed technical agenda
Cape Town, South Africa faced a crippling drought between 2016 and 2018. The widely reported "Day Zero" crisis, wherein the city faced the real possibility of the taps being turned off, presented an acute shock and highlighted major vulnerabilities in the city's water supply system, which relies lar ...
2022-04 -
Combating climate change with a sustainable food system
Providing sustainable nutritious foods for the world's population without damaging the environment is the biggest challenge of the 21st century.
2022-02 -
Fed digital currency and the cost and availability of credit
One of the largest issues associated with the issuance of Federal Reserve digital currency — a new form of digital currency that can be owned by the public — is its impact on the financial system. Fed digital currency may offer the Fed an attractive means for soaking up excess bank reserves at lower ...
2022-02 -
Lessons from the T20: Five Priorities for Italian Infrastructure Investment
As states and societies continue to struggle with the pandemic, a fundamental element of the post-Covid recovery will be the capacity to revive both public and private investments in infrastructure, thereby boosting growth and employment.
2022-02 -
Five inconvenient truths on Latin America's digital transformation: from words to action
Covid-19 has accelerated digitalization all over the world. Things that chief technology officers had planned to be implemented in years had to be put in place in weeks, or even days. E-commerce, e-payments, remote work, video calls and streaming are now essential parts of our social and productive ...
2022-01
Events
Video
Updates
-
Letter to governments of the G20 nations
K.Y. Amoako, President of the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has joined African leaders and institutions in lending strong ...
-
Initiatives of the Nazarbayev University Social Development Fund during the pandemic
The Nazarbayev University Social Development Fund has implemented a number of initiatives aimed at supporting the volunteer movement in the ...
