While Ukraine valiantly fights Russia on the battlefield, it also must maintain a viable functioning economy. Over the last year, Ukraine has made crucial progress on economic stabilisation with western support. Such support must continue as reconstruction costs will be high. Vladyslav Rashkovan, Ukraine’s representative for the International Monetary Fund and former deputy governor of […]
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Catalysing energy efficiency and security, while scaling up clean energy production and increasing decarbonisation, has been high on policy-makers’ agendas. This podcast discusses how the United Nations is working to converge regulatory and policy frameworks to support this, the tools and classifications required and the latest developments in criteria and technology. The conversation also discusses
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How is artificial intelligence impacting economies, political environments, financial markets and misinformation? What are the policy challenges and how can governments work to counter them? Julian Jacobs, senior economist at OMFIF, interviews Darrell West, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the promises and perils that may emerge as countries embrace AI. They discuss the
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Though generally treated as separate, the qualities of good management of public spending – transparency, efficiency, high quality impact assessment – have much in common with the qualities encouraged in sustainable finance. Eila Kreivi, European Investment Bank’s chief sustainable finance adviser, Alex Caridia, RBC’s head of public sector markets, and Mark MacDonald, EY’s global lead
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Brian Mangwiro, portfolio manager, global fixed income and currencies at Barings, speaks to Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, on the factors behind the surge in gilt yields in weeks past. They also discuss the buying opportunities in gilts, the Bank of England’s response in tackling inflation, lessons learned from last
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Amid persistent inflation, heightened recession risks and prolonged geopolitical tensions, central bank reserve managers find themselves confronting yet another difficult year. This challenging macroenvironment is impacting their investment strategies and, for some, it is raising concerns about the adequacy of their reserves. Join Nikhil Sanghani, managing director of research, and Taylor Pearce, senior economist at
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Mike Kanovitz, chief executive officer of Jurat Blockchains, joins Lewis McLellan, editor of the Digital Monetary Institute, to discuss the challenges of making court orders enforceable on the blockchain. Traditional finance has intermediaries that can implement the decisions of courts, such as freezing assets and reversing transactions. But in a decentralised context, this is more
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How are central bank reserve managers navigating a tumultuous global economy? Are they continuing to flee to safety? Or are they shifting toward or away from the dollar? Has their approach to Chinese assets changed on account of geopolitical conflict? And, amid such uncertainty, have central bank reserve managers been able to continue to develop
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As the world’s eyes turn towards Türkiye’s pivotal run-off election on 28 May, the implications reach far beyond its democracy and regional standing. The nation’s economy, weathered by skyrocketing inflation rates and a plunging currency value, stands at a critical juncture. In this podcast, Erich Arispe Morales, senior director of sovereigns at Fitch Ratings, speaks
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Crypto businesses have been crying out for regulatory clarity for years. At last, regulators around the world are beginning to deliver. Andrew Whitworth, Ripple’s policy director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, joined Lewis McLellan, editor of OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute, to discuss the approaches to the crypto market that regulators are taking, where
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