This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps toward recovery, focusing on the health and social response.

Decades of investment decisions by central planners left communist societies with structures of production ill-prepared for competitive markets.

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Speech by Mr Felipe M Medalla, Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP, the central bank of the Philippines), at the Bankers' Association of the Philippines (BAP) 2nd CEO Forum.

A key delegate at Singapore International Water Week 2022 – a five‑day event for the global water industry to share best practices, showcase technologies and explore solutions – highlighted the urgent nature of the water‑related challenges facing the world. Dechen Tsering, Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the Pacific on the United Nations Environment Programme, said: “We don’t have decades for something that is put into a legally binding instrument to roll down to society. These amazing innovations, these amazing technologies, this amazing finance – it’s not happening fast enough, and we don’t have enough time.”

If you’ve spent much time on social media over the past year, you might have seen advertising for investment offers - often property developments - that say they’re open to “wholesale investors” only.

Cash Ratio Deposits (CRDs) are non-interest bearing deposits lodged with the Bank of England by eligible institutions (i.e. banks and building societies), who have reported average eligible liabilities (ELs) in excess of £600 million over a six-month calculation period. The level of each institution's CRD is calculated twice yearly (in May and November).

China's Ministry of Finance announced measures on Monday to support the city of Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, to explore innovative fiscal and taxation policies that will facilitate high-quality economic development and technological breakthroughs, and further accommodate its role as a pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Chinese firms are playing a positive role in the socioeconomic development of Kenya, an economic expert said Tuesday.

The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited (HKMC) announced today (17 October) the publication of its Social, Green and the Sustainability Financing Framework (SGS Framework) and the related Second Party Opinion (as defined below).

Globalization, demographic trends, the green transition, and technological innovations are transforming labor markets in Europe and Central Asia, altering their institutional and contractual arrangements, and creating disparities and vulnerabilities in the labor force.

Behind the "golden age" of the futures industry, the support of futures companies is inseparable. As a specific market service provider, the comprehensive strength of futures companies determines the development height of the industry to a certain extent.