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Climate finance will grow but huge challenges persist

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate investment globally topped USD1tn last year but remains well short of the estimated USD8tn requirement. Most funding goes to developed economies and mitigation projects…

Impact investing will build more momentum worldwide

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INTERNATIONAL

Impact investment.

Enticing more private finance to development is tricky

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INT

Blended finance has failed to deliver on policymakers’ expectations on both scale and effectiveness, mobilising only USD306bn from 2012 to 2020, whereas the shortfall required to…

African impact investment will need more local content

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AFRICA

Impact investment in Africa.

Climate policies to alter global business environment

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INTERNATIONAL

Accelerating climate change threatens vast human and economic loss. In response, developed-country governments are legislating to force businesses to change while also seeking to…

Opposition will find it hard to engage Polish voters

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POLAND

The vote is to take place in autumn. Bitter disputes within both the opposition and the ruling coalition have set up divisions that make the results uncertain.

Politics clouds Central Europe’s short-term outlook

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Last year ended dramatically, with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordering the Polish government to suspend its reform of the Supreme Court, and the European Commission…

US election worsens options for Ukraine

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UKRAINE

Donald Trump's campaign statements suggesting he would favour Russia over Ukraine caused consternation in Kyiv. After Trump became US president-elect, the Ukrainian government…

Virus second wave will derail Greek budget forecasts

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GREECE

The official baseline is for an 8.2% GDP contraction in 2020, and a 7.5% rebound in 2021. It took into account moderate restrictions on movement in winter 2020/21, but the…

IMF unlikely to resolve Zambia's debt conundrum

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ZAMBIA

While the G20's new Common Framework for Debt Treatments provides a new mechanism for debt restructuring, it also requires Zambia to convince the IMF that it has disclosed all of…