The Price of Carbon

“Carbon pricing is an invaluable tool for redirecting investments and transforming markets to build low-carbon, climate-resilient economies that will drive prosperity, strengthen security and improve the health and well-being of billions of people […]”. The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stated the previous sentence on the 21st of April, supporting the action of several national […]

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The Economics of Microfinance

Some might not have heard about Muhammad Yunus. He is considered one of the most visionary business pioneers in finance. Economics professor at Bangladesh University, awarded in 2002 the Nobel Peace Prize, founder of Grameen Bank, was the first trailblazer for microcredit and microfinance practices. It is remarkable how far those ideas have gone nowadays: […]

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The 13th five-year plan: an overview

 “Every five years in China, man They make a new development plan The time has come for number 13 The “十三五” (shisanwu), That’s what it means” This is the refrain of a propaganda video song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m91zBt94Ll0).   It’s weird I can assure you, and it is intended for English speakers, in order to explain how a […]

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It’s all about the tie

  A couple of years ago, investors would have paid a fortune to possess a crystal ball and use it to forecast ECB’s decisions. Today, all they need is Mario Draghi’s tie. In fact, some people seem to play a weird game – by the name of “tie guesses” – that consists in guessing the colour of […]

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