OPINION/EDITORIAL

Foreign Capital Investment: Dwindling Interest from Investors

December 15, 2022/United Capital Research Every economy requires a healthy level of foreign trade and capital inflows, irrespective of how autarkic it is. In a previous publication last week, we gave insights on the Q3-2022 Foreign Trade Statistics, and expectations. The purpose of this insight is merely to outline briefly […]

Digital Payments: A Crucial Step in the Financial Inclusion Endgame

To illustrate how different the world is today from, say, 20 short years ago, consider that in 2004 46% of South Africans were banked December 14, 2022 By Andy Jury, Group CEO of Mukuru In years gone by, pages such as these have been awash with articles and opinions about […]

Swapping Debt for Climate or Nature Pledges Can Help Fund Resilience

Credit: Richard Carey/Adobe Stock Climate Change Innovative debt swaps can help governments that have limited access to traditional grants or debt relief December 14, 2022/IMFBlog By Kristalina Georgieva, Marcos Chamon, and Vimal Thakoor Countries that are most vulnerable to climate change—and the associated loss of natural biodiversity—are often those least able to […]