Finance & Development Magazine Summaries and Reviews

Lawrence H. Summers

New approaches are needed to deal with sluggish growth, low interest rates, and an absence of inflation

Afsaneh Beschloss and Mina Mashayekhi

Green bonds offer lessons for sustainable finance

Pierpaolo Grippa et al.

Central banks and financial regulators are starting to factor in climate change

David Manley et al.

It’s time for more transparency in the management and governance of national oil companies

Ralph Chami et al.

High levels of remittances can spark a vicious cycle of economic stagnation and dependence

Susan Lund and Philipp Härle

The decline of cross-border capital flows signals a stronger global financial system

Alan Wheatley

Virtual payments are fast displacing cash, but not completely and not everywhere

Raju Huidrom et al.

Emerging markets buoyed the world after the global financial crisis, but are now in a major slowdown.

Jihad Dagher et al.

How much capital banks need is an important public policy question.

Adolfo Barajas et al.

Heavy inflows of remittances impair a country’s ability to conduct monetary policy.

Eswar Prasad

The Renminbi Is Rising, but Will Not Rule

James Cust et al.

Successful action to address climate change would diminish the value of fossil fuel resources in many of the world’s poorest countries