Central banks can potentially influence the investment decisions of private financial institutions, which in turn will create incentives towards green technology adoption and development of lower emission business models. This paper examines how central bankers are engaging with the green...

Despite the global financial crisis and the prospect of severe economic recession, debates on future financial regulation take little if any notice of reasons why the previous regime of financial regulation failed so spectacularly. The paper identifies the key presumptions underlying efforts to...

The report provides a brief overview of the World Bank’s key governance arrangements and the evolution of the voice reform agenda at the bank from 2003 to 2007. It further examines two bank reform phases (in 2008 and 2010), and critically assesses the key components of the voice reform process...

When publishing the results of the recapitalization exercise, the European Banking Authority reported that European banking had been successfully recapitalized and was now in a much stronger position, with a much strengthened capital base and overall resilience. 'European banks have made...