Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite the progress made in recent years, the relationship between women and money remains all too often a blind spot in the economic and financial world. What can financial market regulators do?
Category: Investments
Réduire les inégalités de genre dans le secteur financier: pourquoi et comment?
Reading Time: 3 minutesMalgré les progrès réalisés ces dernières années, le lien entre femmes et argent reste encore trop souvent un angle mort dans la sphère économique et financière. Que peuvent faire les régulateurs des marchés financiers?
From steel to social cohesion in Bilbao
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe city of Bilbao has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent decades, evolving from a declining industrial centre into a city of global standing and appeal. How has it kept social cohesion at its heart?
Industrial strategy has a geography puzzle: Where should countries invest?
Reading Time: 4 minutesGovernments may know they want more semiconductors, clean technologies or advanced manufacturing. The harder question comes next: where should those industries grow?
Can MENA’s digital finance boom close the gender gap?
Reading Time: 4 minutesAsk whether digital finance is helping women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) overcome old barriers and the honest answer is: both, at the same time. But is access enough to drive real growth?
Beyond registration: Why does formalisation matter for Somalia’s small businesses?
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor small businesses, formalisation should not feel like another administrative burden. Done well, it can become a route to trust, finance and growth. In Somalia, informal shops and traders keep economies alive daily; so, are we formalising for paperwork, or to really help entrepreneurs succeed?
Making gender equality investable: How capital markets can unlock women’s entrepreneurship
Reading Time: 4 minutesDiscussions on women’s entrepreneurship frequently revolve around one issue: access to finance. But the world doesn’t lack capital. If investors move on measured risks, how can gender equality be turned into an investment opportunity?
Beyond Tokyo: Can Japan boost the appeal of its regions?
Reading Time: 4 minutesRegions and cities are being reshaped by falling birth rates, ageing populations and the continued movement of young people to large metropolitan hubs. Japan knows this story well: for more than two decades, over 100,000 people a year have moved to the Tokyo metropolitan area from elsewhere in Japan. The question is no longer how to strengthen Tokyo, but how to strengthen everywhere else?