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New funding mechanism could generate US$ 15 billion for climate action in Asia
May 02, 2023

New funding mechanism could generate US$ 15 billion for climate action in Asia

IF-CAP can be a key financing vehicle that boosts ADB’s ability to financially support Asia’s developing economies in addressing the climate chall

Pakistan and 9/11
Aug 07, 2003

Pakistan and 9/11

On July 31, 2003, Mr John S. Pistole, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, testified before the Senate Committee on Government Affairs on ``Terrorism Financing: Origination, Organisation and Prevention``. One of the key findings he referred to was the link between the terrorists involved in the September 11 attack and Pakistan.

Philanthropy as development finance: The new normal
May 18, 2024

Philanthropy as development finance: The new normal

Philanthropic organisations have a financial capacity beyond that of governments. Thus, governments should create conditions that enable the private s

Quantitative Easing variants in Emerging Markets: Magic or madness?
Jan 23, 2021

Quantitative Easing variants in Emerging Markets: Magic or madness?

Often likened to financing fiscal deficits overnight, Quantitative Easing is meant to prevent unwarranted tightening during times of stress.

RBI sets the tone in climate finance thinking with its “Green India” report
May 29, 2023

RBI sets the tone in climate finance thinking with its “Green India” report

This report is a thought leadership push for policymakers, businesses, and civil society to work together to address India's environmental challenges

Rethinking Development Finance in Response to 21st-Century Challenges:  Islamic Climate Finance and Post-Conflict Recovery
Nov 24, 2023

Rethinking Development Finance in Response to 21st-Century Challenges: Islamic Climate Finance and Post-Conflict Recovery

Traditional development financing is proving insufficient to address overlapping global challenges, such as climate change and fragile contexts. This brief explores new thinking in development finance through two examples. The first is Islamic climate finance, which constitutes less than 2 percent of global Islamic finance. The brief identifies policy priorities and proposes dedicated Islamic climate-finance windows (e.g., in the Green Climate Fu

Roadmaps and frameworks for achieving net-zero targets
Nov 02, 2021

Roadmaps and frameworks for achieving net-zero targets

Large climate financing is a prerequisite for net-zero transformation and innovations to reduce emissions. However, such financing must be recognised

Role of green finance in accelerating India’s Green Hydrogen Revolution
Nov 11, 2021

Role of green finance in accelerating India’s Green Hydrogen Revolution

In the initial phase, to mobilise the necessary capital to make Green Hydrogen bankable, the role of the government and multilateral funding agencies

SDGs में फाइनेंस मुहैय्या कराने के फ़ासले को दूर करना: G20 के लिए 10-सूत्रीय एजेंडा!
May 18, 2023

SDGs में फाइनेंस मुहैय्या कराने के फ़ासले को दूर करना: G20 के लिए 10-सूत्रीय एजेंडा!

यह संक्षिप्त विवरण विकास के लिए प्रभावी और ज़रूरी ग्लोबल गवर्नेंस के समक्ष आने वाली सबसे बड़ी चुनौतियों में से एक पर चर्चा करता है, यानी संयुक्त राष्ट्र सतत विकास लक्ष्यो�

Small steps for big change
Apr 16, 2015

Small steps for big change

While the launch of the MUDRA Bank is a laudable effort on the part of the government, there still persists ambiguity in the nature of the Bank's undertakings. The most pressing concern is in regards to the Bank's role as both a regulator and refinancing agency which will lead to a conflict of interests.

Stepping towards a health masterplan
Oct 01, 2020

Stepping towards a health masterplan

While India has some of the finest healthcare professionals — the sector which has the potential to be India’s sunshine sector is not supported th

Strategies for strengthening disaster finance in Indonesia
Sep 26, 2023

Strategies for strengthening disaster finance in Indonesia

Indonesia is highly vulnerable to climate change disasters and requires the integration of insurance and mitigation strategies as integral components

Sustainable business practices: Imperatives and pathways
Aug 11, 2023

Sustainable business practices: Imperatives and pathways

A move towards universal business sustainability will need a multi-stakeholder approach, legal enforcement, and government policies

The Chinese discourse on Xi’s Middle East visit
Dec 23, 2022

The Chinese discourse on Xi’s Middle East visit

Though Xi’s recent trip to the Middle East might have added new momentum to Sino-GCC cooperation, they still need to iron out certain differences

The Green Deal and dealing with partners: EU in dire straits?
Mar 01, 2024

The Green Deal and dealing with partners: EU in dire straits?

While the Green Deal underscores the ‘whole of EU’ approach, it remains to be seen how the EU can adapt its external efforts to ensure a just tran

The Northern Sea route: A gamechanger or a road to hegemony?
Jun 06, 2023

The Northern Sea route: A gamechanger or a road to hegemony?

Russia’s and China’s attempt to explore alternative trade route by financing the Northern Sea route could open a new theatre of contestation

The promise and anxiety of G20’s financial multilateralism
Jul 23, 2021

The promise and anxiety of G20’s financial multilateralism

The recent G20 finance ministers’ meeting has reminded us of the powerful role the G20 plays in financial multilateralism. Will the objectives be me

Towards Universal Social Security: Priorities for the G20
Jan 03, 2023

Towards Universal Social Security: Priorities for the G20

At least 4 billion people around the world are yet to be covered by any form of social security, and therefore vulnerable to economic, social, and environmental shocks. This paper examines the state of social security in the Group of Twenty (G20) economies—home to 63 percent of the global population. It finds gaps in social security financing in these countries: between universal coverage and actual coverage, and between countries of the Global

Tracking India’s Path to Maternal and Child Health: A Case Study of Madhya Pradesh
Nov 11, 2022

Tracking India’s Path to Maternal and Child Health: A Case Study of Madhya Pradesh

India has recorded notable progress in maternal and child health in the recent years. The state of Madhya Pradesh (MP), however, has performed sub-optimally compared to most states and union territories (UTs) of India. MP’s annual reduction in maternal mortality rate (MMR), for example, is at 5.8 percent, compared to the national average of 7.5 percent; the yearly drop in neonatal mortality rate (NMR) is at 0.6 percent, far below the national a

Trump's stand on the Paris deal may help India
Jun 30, 2017

Trump's stand on the Paris deal may help India

Trump's belligerence towards the Paris accords may ironically become its undoing.

Untying the Gordian knot: Catalysing green energy investments in emerging and developing economies
Dec 15, 2017

Untying the Gordian knot: Catalysing green energy investments in emerging and developing economies

This report is part of the Observer Research Foundation’s “Financing Green Transitions” series which aims to find potential linkages between private capital, in all its forms, and climate action projects. The series will primarily examine domestic and international barriers to private capital entry for mitigation oriented climate projects, while also examining potential avenues for private capital flow entry towards adaptation and resilienc

Ushering a new era of development partnerships
Aug 15, 2023

Ushering a new era of development partnerships

As India completes 76 years of achieving independence, its emergence as a pivotal development partner has kickstarted a gradual revolution in global d

Walk the talk: Prioritise SDG 5 to advance Agenda 2030
Mar 07, 2024

Walk the talk: Prioritise SDG 5 to advance Agenda 2030

The connections between SDG 5 and other goals underscore the imperative of attaining gender equality as both a moral obligation and a strategic invest

What Ails Health Systems in Africa? An Economic Perspective
Dec 28, 2020

What Ails Health Systems in Africa? An Economic Perspective

There is hardly any doubt that failing health systems result in poor health outcomes and hamper progress towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Africa, health systems are hobbled by leadership and governance challenges, extreme shortages of health workers, corruption in procurement systems for medical products and technologies, poor information systems, and health financing const

Why India should go for national election fund?
Sep 22, 2017

Why India should go for national election fund?

While it would cost the public exchequer a bomb, still, time is ripe for India to have a national election fund. Given that India’s current politica

Why is environmental accounting essential for India?
Mar 05, 2019

Why is environmental accounting essential for India?

Depletion of natural capital is an irreversible process and steps to assess and combat this are needed urgently.

Will the World Trade Organisation pass the COVID “test”?
Nov 18, 2022

Will the World Trade Organisation pass the COVID “test”?

India must redouble its efforts in the WTO to have the TRIPS waiver extended to cover therapeutics and diagnostics and use its G20 Presidency and the

आशियातील हवामान आव्हान US$ 15 अब्जची गरज
May 05, 2023

आशियातील हवामान आव्हान US$ 15 अब्जची गरज

IF-CAP हे एक महत्त्वाचे वित्तपुरवठा करणारे असून हवामान आव्हानाचा सामना करण्यासाठी आशियातील विकसनशील अर्थव्यवस्थांना आर्थिक मदत करण्याच्या ADBच्या क्षमतेला चालना देते.

इंडो-पॅसिफिक आणि SDG4 वित्तपुरवठा: समस्येत आणखी भर?
Feb 08, 2024

इंडो-पॅसिफिक आणि SDG4 वित्तपुरवठा: समस्येत आणखी भर?

इंडो-पॅसिफिक प्रदेशातील विकसनशील अर्थव्यवस्थांमध्ये प�

कार्बन बॉर्डर ऍडजस्टमेंट मेकॅनिझम: प्रभावहीन परिवर्तनाचे प्रतीक?
Jan 06, 2024

कार्बन बॉर्डर ऍडजस्टमेंट मेकॅनिझम: प्रभावहीन परिवर्तनाचे प्रतीक?

कार्बन बॉर्डर ऍडजस्टमेंट मेकॅनिझम (CBAM) हे इक्विटी तत्त्व�

क्या जलवायु माइग्रेंट की फंडिंग से जुड़ी कमी को दूर करने में G20 मदद कर सकता है?
Oct 12, 2023

क्या जलवायु माइग्रेंट की फंडिंग से जुड़ी कमी को दूर करने में G20 मदद कर सकता है?

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय आर्थिक सहयोग का बहुपक्षीय मंच होने की वज�

क्या जलवायु माइग्रेंट की फंडिंग से जुड़ी कमी को दूर करने में G20 मदद कर सकता है?
Oct 12, 2023

क्या जलवायु माइग्रेंट की फंडिंग से जुड़ी कमी को दूर करने में G20 मदद कर सकता है?

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय आर्थिक सहयोग का बहुपक्षीय मंच होने की वज�

क्या जलवायु माइग्रेंट की फंडिंग से जुड़ी कमी को दूर करने में G20 मदद कर सकता है?
Oct 12, 2023

क्या जलवायु माइग्रेंट की फंडिंग से जुड़ी कमी को दूर करने में G20 मदद कर सकता है?

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय आर्थिक सहयोग का बहुपक्षीय मंच होने की वज�

ग्रीन फायनान्सिंग कसे मिळवायचे
Aug 08, 2023

ग्रीन फायनान्सिंग कसे मिळवायचे

हरित वित्तपुरवठा करण्यासाठी केवळ आर्थिक परतावा पुरेसा नाही. कार्बनची सामाजिक किंमत लक्षात घेऊन अधिक समग्र परतावा योग्य असेल.

जी-20 हवामान स्थलांतरितांच्या वित्तपुरवठ्यातील तूट दूर करण्यात मदत करू शकेल का?
Oct 12, 2023

जी-20 हवामान स्थलांतरितांच्या वित्तपुरवठ्यातील तूट दूर करण्यात मदत करू शकेल का?

G20 हा आंतरराष्ट्रीय आर्थिक सहकार्याचा बहुपक्षीय मंच आहे.

डिजिटल पब्लिक इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर का वित्तपोषण: भारत की कहानी
Jan 05, 2023

डिजिटल पब्लिक इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर का वित्तपोषण: भारत की कहानी

भारत का यूनीफाइड पेमेंट इंटरफेस (UPI) डिजिटल पब्लिक इंफ्रा�

डिजिटल पब्लिक इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चरला वित्तपुरवठा: द इंडिया स्टोरी
Aug 08, 2023

डिजिटल पब्लिक इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चरला वित्तपुरवठा: द इंडिया स्टोरी

भारताचा युनिफाइड पेमेंट इंटरफेस (UPI) हे DPI चे उदाहरण आहे ज्याची रचना, वित्तपुरवठा आणि ऑपरेशन इंटरऑपरेबिलिटी, मॉड्यूलर डिझाइन आणि सामान्य प्रोटोकॉलच्या तत्त्वांवर आधारित आ

बुलेट्स आणि बिटकॉइन: आर्थिक संघर्ष
Nov 07, 2023

बुलेट्स आणि बिटकॉइन: आर्थिक संघर्ष

पश्चिम आशिया आणि युरोपमधील अलीकडील संघर्षांनी क्रिप्टो

भविष्याची दिशा ‘हिरवी’ हवी
Oct 15, 2020

भविष्याची दिशा ‘हिरवी’ हवी

आजपासून दहा वर्षांनी जेव्हा तुम्ही सकाळी उठून चहा करण्यासाठी बटन दाबाल, त्यावेळी त्यात आलेली ऊर्जा कदाचित जकार्ता किंवा बँकॉकवरून आलेली असेल.

भविष्यासाठी वित्तपुरवठा: शाश्वत विकास लक्ष्यांना चालना देणारे मार्ग
Aug 08, 2023

भविष्यासाठी वित्तपुरवठा: शाश्वत विकास लक्ष्यांना चालना देणारे मार्ग

शाश्वत विकास उद्दिष्टांसाठीच्या वित्तपुरवठ्याची निकड निर्विवाद आहे, परंतु वित्तीय अंतर भरून काढण्यासाठी प्रभावी उपाययोजना आखणे आणि त्या उपायांची अंमलबजावणी करणे आवश

भारत के वित्तीय लक्ष्यों को हासिल करने के लिए इस्लामिक फाइनेंस कितना प्रभावी?
Dec 19, 2023

भारत के वित्तीय लक्ष्यों को हासिल करने के लिए इस्लामिक फाइनेंस कितना प्रभावी?

जिस प्रकार से भारत के मिडिल ईस्ट एवं GCC देशों, यानी गल्फ को�