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Executive Insights: World Bank Director Greta Bull Q&A
Greta Bull, chief executive of Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and a World Bank director, speaks of the reality of microfinance today.
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Helping the Homeland: African Development Bank CFO Swazi B. Tshabalala Q&A
Swazi B. Tshabalala, chief finance officer and currently acting senior vice president at the African Development Bank Group, discusses the bank’s efforts to help countries ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and the how the continent can jumpstart economic development.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Kazakhstan: Economy In Transition
Kazakhstan’s evolution to a market economy hinges on diversifying away from oil and gas, with a lift from FDI. Covid complicates that scenario.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Some Billionaires Are More Equal Than Others
Billionaire wealth grewdespite theglobal pandemic, particularly for those in tech, health care, and industrials.
Features
The Last Internet Battlefield
By drone or by cable, Google, Facebook and other tech giants are vying to unlock Africa’s trove of potential subscribers who still lack internet access.
Data
The Old Days Aren’t Coming Back
Central America and the Caribbean won’t revert to normal post-Covid. Digitization, diversification and infrastructure investment are contributing to a regional transformation.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Alternative IPOs Pick Up Steam
Palantir and Asana go public in direct listings as the IPO market heats up.
News
Banks Urged To Address Inequalities
While fintech was meant to democratize economic power, unconscious biases drove innovation and solutions were designed to generate revenue rather than improve everyone's lives.
Features
Can Microlenders Make A Comeback?
Once hailed as a game-changer for the impoverished, microlenders are falling behind in the digital race while online lenders and commercial banks poach their turf.
Features
Development Lenders Plug Gap
The global pandemic is holding back Africa’s essential infrastructure development. Some creative private sector and multilateral solutions promise to ease the crisis.
News
IBM Announces Spin-off To Focus On Cloud
NewCo will free the parent to soar in cloud services, IBM says.