As we seek to increase impact investing activity, it is likely that further progress will be constituted by scaling…

This paper aims to examine the effect of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance on sovereign funding…

As the world’s second and third largest economies, both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Japan are facing…

Globally, 1.7 billion adults still lack access to formal financial services, with a large percentage living in South…

The paper provides an empirical analysis of factors affecting the use of capital market instruments for financing…

This working paper posits that the Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by the expanding digital economy, will bring…

This paper presents the findings of a survey among 18 central banks from Asia and the Pacific regarding their views…

Rapid developments in financial technology (fintech) are expected to contribute to improvements in financial…

The European Union (EU) is one of the most successful integration arrangements in the world. However, the…

Japan’s aging population poses a variety of problems, one of which is the increase in neurological disorders. In…