Everyone is vulnerable to the ‘truth bias’ − even people paid to know better.
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Financial analysts have a gullibility problem − and the better their reputation, the worse it is.
Farming needs substantial investment in on-farm infrastructure and equipment.
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Financing is available to farmers. What’s in contention is whether what’s available helps farmers enter the industry, expand and grow.
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The first ‘climate-smart’ sovereign credit rating shows 59 nations will have lower ratings before 2030 without emissions cuts.
Mobile operators also offer money sending and receiving services.
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The outcomes of increased financial inclusion in Ghana have been mixed
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Islamic banks must follow Sharia law, and as such take a different approach to traditional Australian banks. They don’t charge interest, and are much more selective about which activities they fund.
‘Charging Bull’ and ‘Fearless Girl’ sculptures outside the New York Stock Exchange.
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A new book exposes how the ‘chaos kings’ of high finance play with other people’s lives as if they were meaningless pieces in a parlour game for the wealthy elite.
A halfpenny token issued by the Parys Mining Company of Anglesey in 1788. The hooded druid design was used for many years and was the first of hundreds of token designs.
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A Welsh mining company was the first to issue tokens to workers as an alternative form of payment.
Credit ratings are important for developing economies in Africa.
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African states say a pan-African rating agency will enable them to access capital and integrate the continent with global financial markets.
China and the U.S. compete to be the world’s largest economy, but the dollar dominates the yuan as a currency.
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Despite China’s economic power, the yuan lags as a major global currency. Here’s why current US interest rates and sanctions on Russia may change that.
By the end of 2020, the size of the impact investment market was estimated at US$715 billion.
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The development effectiveness of these investments could be enhanced by, among other things, greater transparency or better impact measurement.
City of London bankers and executives at the annual Lord Mayor’s dinner in Mansion House, 2018.
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My research suggests City firms’ efforts to deliver more equal representation at the top have not worked because they were never meant to.
Ghana is trying to put together a debt restructuring programme to satisfy major stakeholders.
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Ghana’s finance ministry is struggling to build consensus on the country’s debt burden.
A worker from Hope House, an organization that sponsors the use of cryptocurrencies on El Zonte beach, makes a purchase at a small shop that accepts bitcoins, in Tamanique, El Salvador, June 9, 2021.
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An expert in the field of cryptocurrencies answers the question: Is crypto really here to stay or is it just a fad?
Sustainable finance.
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Transforming finance could help businesses become more compassionate and inclusive.
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How can you get your kids to read this summer? Research has found they respond well to reading non-fiction – so we’ve gathered 6 top non-fiction books, recommended by the kids themselves.
Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, a UN climate summit.
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Two of the largest financial institutions are not doing enough to scale up funding for climate action.
The cryptocurrency exchange FTX fell from a multibillion-dollar company to bankruptcy in less than a week.
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Even though some traditional financial firms parked millions in the bankrupt company – once valued at $30 billion – the impact of FTX’s spectacular crash is limited to crypto investors
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New research suggests financial regulators will never win.
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Njuguna Ndung'u has the experience that suits Ruto’s bottom-up economics but lacks the political gravitas to appease voters.
The growth of Islamic banks provides Muslims living in North America with options that reflect their beliefs.
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Shariah law informs financial contracts and credit systems, and the growth of Islamic financing options provides an alternative to current debt-based banking systems.