In a comprehensive analysis of climate adaptation efforts, this report reveals significant progress and challenges in addressing climate hazards and vulnerabilities worldwide by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) municipalities. 3 538 municipalities have conducted risk...

Cross-border payments are essential to the global financial system, facilitating trade and investment. The global cross-border traditional and crypto payment market approached a value of about one quadrillion dollars in 2024, with crypto payments representing only a small fraction despite their...

This article contributes to a special issue critically examining the shift from an "international" to a "global" development paradigm. Focusing on global value chains, the paper critiques the convergence-divergence thesis of Horner and Hulme (2019), which posits that globalization leads to...