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Climate change, Finance sector development

Funding a Resilient Future: Bridging Climate Financing Gaps

Funding a Resilient Future Bridging Climate Financing Gaps
Climate finance is at the forefront of the climate change discourse as a critical tool for achieving mitigation and adaptation outcomes.

Climate change, Finance sector development

How Can Policy Makers Help Strengthen Corporate Climate Disclosure to Scale Up Private Climate Finance?

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Investors need better information on where to direct their investments to have the biggest impact on climate goals.

Climate change, Finance sector development

Mitigating climate-related sovereign risk to accelerate action on the climate emergency

Mitigating climate-related sovereign risk to accelerate action on the climate emergency
Governments and financial authorities should implement financial sector policies to scale-up investment in climate adaptation and resilience

Climate change, Finance sector development

Asia in need of dialogue for scaling up climate transition finance

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Transition finance is one of the most challenging but underdeveloped aspects of climate finance.

Finance sector development, Information and Communications Technology

Digitalization for enhancing access to finance and inclusive growth

Digitalization for enhancing access to finance and inclusive growth
Digital finance enables more affordable and accessible financial services and other credit facilities for underserved and marginalized groups.

Energy, Environment, Finance sector development

Asia’s clean energy investment needs and the role of blended finance

Asia’s clean energy investment needs and the role of blended finance
Expanding the scale of blended finance in clean energy will require innovative efforts from the international community to reform traditional development finance approaches.

Economics, Finance sector development

Exchange rate transmission to prices in emerging Asia and the role of global shocks

Exchange rate transmission to prices in emerging Asia and the role of global shocks
Central banks in emerging Asia have helped to bolster the resilience of their economies to external shocks, but the exchange rate channel remains a key transmission mechanism of disturbances.

Finance sector development, Governance and public sector management

Bank of Japan’s unconventional monetary easing brings global recognition as a bold, innovative practitioner

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Over the last decade, the Bank of Japan has become known as a bold practitioner of monetary easing.

Economics, Finance sector development

Rising corporate market power in Asia threatens monetary policy effectiveness

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Market power has been a long-standing concern for many policy makers and academic researchers as it greatly matters for economic welfare and resource allocation.

Environment, Finance sector development

Central bank initiatives essential for developing effective sustainable finance markets

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As many countries have begun to take greater climate action, central banks and financial regulators must also make greater efforts to foster more effective sustainable financial markets.