Section 1: Financial Assets Emerge, Become the Accelerant of Wealth Creation, and then Become the Modern Measure of Wealth.-Chapter 1 Introduction.-Chapter 2 Financial Assets Emerge as a Wealth Accelerator -- Chapter 3. How the World Arrived at the Traditional Financial System -- Chapter 4....

Financial risk management is increasingly central to fiscal policy in volatile and highly open economies. This paper assesses the fiscal risk management system of the Republic of Moldova using a SWOT framework complemented by a TOWS strategy matrix (SO, ST, WO, WT). The analysis relies on...

This systematic review explores the incorporation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors within financial risk prediction models, with a particular focus on Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Large Language Models (LLM). Adhering to the Preferred...

This report, developed under the World Bank’s technical assistance program “Financial and Private Sector Development Policies for Fostering Sustainable Growth in Brazil,” examines strategies for strengthening disaster risk financing in response to floods. It provides an overview of federal...