Summary of note 96: innovation, investment, and emerging opportunities in today’s textile and apparel value chain textile and apparel manufacturing is a critical creator of formalized jobs, a well-known path to industrialization, and an enabler of value chain relationships that modernize...

Social bonds have become an increasingly popular fixed-income product since the Social Bond Principles were published in 2017, and their growth and popularity have accelerated in recent months due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting need for new funding avenues to address the...

Blockchain is the technology that powers the much-talked about cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. However, Bitcoin is just one application of the blockchain. Blockchain is essentially a “chain of blocks,” where each block represents a set of records. Each such record could, in turn, represent a...

The energy sector worldwide faces growing challenges related to rising demand, efficiency, changing supply and demand patterns, and a lack of analytics needed for optimal management. These challenges are more acute in emerging market nations. Efficiency issues are particularly problematic, as...

The intersection of artificial intelligence and 5G mobile technology has enormous potential to deliver dramatic improvements in productivity, efficiency, and cost across business sectors and broader society, delivering innovative products and services not previously possible. Though mainstream...