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Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

Pierre du Rostu PARIS, APRIL 3 (PS): Over the past year and a half, insurers have been pulling out of high-risk areas at an alarming rate. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in California, where wildfires have become more frequent and intense – the Los Angeles conflagration in January

Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

Encouragingly, the cost of AI development is beginning to decline. While OpenAI’s GPT-4 cost $100 million to train, the Chinese

This UN Debt Initiative Is Different

The urgency of the current crisis cannot be overstated. Over half of the 68 countries eligible for the International Monetary

Why China’s Marriage Crisis Matters

Can China’s government resolve the contradiction between its economic ambitions and its demographic reality? Judging by its past efforts, no

Europe and the Next World Order

Until now, the EU’s need for unanimity has rendered it ineffective and too slow to act, owing to the considerable

Authoritarianism Is Turkey’s Biggest Economic Risk

Protests erupted across the country, from Istanbul and Ankara to İzmir, Konya, Diyarbakır, and beyond. For many of the millions

Financial Inclusion Must Reach the Last Billion

The progress made over the past decade proves that financial inclusion can be achieved with the right mix of innovation,

How Much “Weaponization” Can the Global Economy Take?

Meanwhile, in his 2013 book Treasury’s War, Juan Zarate, a former US deputy national security adviser, explained how financial networks

Central Banks Must Stem the Nature Crisis

A recent report from NatureFinance (of which I am CEO), the ECB, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and

A Defining Moment for Energy Security and Economic Prosperity

In the corridors of the SEforAll Forum, fossil-fuel executives read from their usual script, claiming that their products remain a