Currently, only 71% of adults in the global South have real access to financial services, compared to 96% in the developed world. Financial inclusion has been identified as one of the most potent factors lifting people out of poverty and enabling development and well-being. As a result, access...

The evolution of COVID-19 provides information (e.g. daily confirmed contagion cases) to test the performance and resilience of green bonds and ESG indices during crisis periods. After controlling for variables accounting for the state of the economy and market conditions, we find a significant...