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Viewpoint: Demise of ESG Investing Overstated
The Department of Labor’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in pension fund investments has received a lot of responses, both in the official Federal Register docket and in the news media and blogosphere.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, governance
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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Reins in Mobile Money Companies
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya has ordered mobile money companies to immediately stop registering multiple individual wallets which are being used as conduits for bypassing regulatory transaction limits by illicit money dealers in its latest mid-term monetary policy statement released today.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Covid-19 & Inequality Test Corporate Purpose
A new initiative designed to evaluate how well companies are living up to their statements of corporate purpose in a time of global crises seeks expert input from stakeholder communities.
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- Coronavirus
- Region
- North America
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Authors of New York’s P2P ‘Public Venmo’ Bill Hope for Greater Decentralization
Published on Oct. 17, 2019, the white paper sets out the Inclusive Value Ledger (IVL) plan, which aims to bolster the mechanisms of the state’s monetization, production, saving and spending with the help of new digital technologies.
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- Finance
- Region
- North America
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Viewpoint: Africa Can “Entrepreneur” Its Way out of Bad Leadership and That’s Probably Our Best Shot
Rankings such as, World Governance Indicators, Corruption Perception Index, and the Global Competitiveness Report do a great job in contrasting the many failings of African governments with the successes of rich-country governments. But they don’t tell the whole story.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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This Digital Platform Fights Corruption by Bypassing the Officials Demanding Bribes
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the tax payment system could require many kickbacks to corrupt officials. A new digital platform lets people pay their taxes directly.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- fintech, governance
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Africa’s Innovators Say Their Scrappy Skills Are Needed to Fix an Unlikely Problem—Politics
More often than not, bad policies rather than bad luck have hindered the potential of these innovations and their ability to help more people.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- governance, public policy
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How Effective Is India’s Government, Compared with Those in Other Emerging Markets?
The number one issue for Indian voters, according to multiple surveys, is jobs. While India has a long way to go in building the requisite levels of job-ready skills and education in the country’s abundant labor pool, it performs the strongest among the EM5 in Talent Development as well as on other key questions we sought answers to as part of our analysis.
- Region
- South Asia
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- governance
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