Crypto-asset markets are rapidly developing and reached USD 3tn in late 2021, yet the infrastructure supporting mainstream crypto-assets, such as the Bitcoin, use an enormous amount of energy. This paper explores the growing environmental impact of crypto-assets due to increasing institutional...

Decentralised finance, including crypto-asset markets and DeFi protocol activity, has been promoted as a tool to support the democratisation of finance. This report presents quantitative evidence from ASEAN economies that participation in decentralised finance markets has been largely driven by...

The future of money / by Riel Miller, Wolfgang Michalski and Barrie Stevens -- Whence and whither money? / by Michel Aglietta -- The future technology of money / by Zachary Tumin -- Intangible economy and electronic money / by Charles Goldfinger -- New monetary spaces? / by Geoffrey Ingham --...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) income payments by partner country measure the total returns within a year on direct investment stocks paid by enterprises in the reporting economy to their foreign investors, by destination countries. It consists of earnings on equity investments plus interests...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) income payments by industry measure the total returns within a year on direct investment stocks paid by enterprises in the reporting economy to their foreign investors, by industry sector. It consists of earnings on equity investments plus interests on debt...

This dataset contains data related to gross claims payments in the reporting country, containing a breakdown between domestic companies, foreign-controlled companies and branches and agencies of foreign companies. The core variable can be further analyzed by type of insurance (life,...

Given their sheer magnitude, the payments made by companies for the purchase of oil, gas and minerals from governments or state-owned enterprises are of significant public interest. However, only a few commodity trading companies regularly publicly disclose information in respect of their...

The book presents a background study of DRG-based payment systems, drawing on the experience of implementing such hospital funding arrangements internationally, including an overview of developments in the Asia and Pacific region. It underscores the need for countries to be clear about their...

Money's destiny is to become digital. Throughout the ages physical money in the form of objects, coins and notes has increasingly been replaced by more abstract means of payment such as bills of exchange, cheques and credit cards. In the years to come that trend to virtual money will continue...