Journal article

How foreign investment shapes environmental innovation in emerging markets: Lessons from China

RYAN TANG AND JING YU YANG  |  In today’s global economy, many of the world’s most pressing challenges sit at the intersection of growth… Read More

Technology reshaping responsibility:  The role of services in global sustainability

RYAN TANG, LILI MI, XI WEN CARYS CHAN, HONGMIN YAN AND TAMER CAVSGIL  |  The role of services in global sustainability Services dominate… Read More

Shades of green: Can external verification make green bonds more credible?

L FERNANDO DISTADIO AND SHIREENJIT JOHL  | As global momentum builds around the transition to a low-carbon economy, the role of green finance… Read More

Borrowing in the shadows: Unpacking Singapore’s illegal loan market

KEVIN LANG, KAIWEN LEONG, HUAILU LI AND HAIBO XU  |  Despite the scale and impact of illegal moneylending in middle- and high-income economies,… Read More

A market system framework that can deliver climate action: Let’s make it count.

SAMUEL MACKAY, ROB HALES, JOHN HEWSON, ROSEMARY ADDIS AND BRENDAN MACKEY  |  The world has already surpassed 1 degree of global warming,… Read More

Listening, learning, leading: Pacific pathways to prevent violence against women and girls

STEPHANIE COPUS CAMPBELL, KYLLIE CRIPPS, SARA E DAVIES, JANE FISHER, ASHER FLYNN, SAUI’S LOUISE MATAIA MILO, NALINI SINGH AND JACQUI TRUE Violence against… Read More

When the flood comes from below: Groundwater, sea-level rise and a hidden coastal threat

SIMON COX, MARC ETTEMA, LEE CHAMBERS, SCOTT STEPHENS, GREGORY BODEKER, QUYEN NGUYEN, IVAN DIAZ-RAINEY AND ANTONI MOORE  |  As climate change accelerates, rising… Read More

From concept to impact: Shifting debt-for-nature swaps from exploratory ideas to empirical insight

CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL AND TIANSHU SUN  |  Debt-for-Nature Swaps (DNS) have re-emerged as a tool to address the dual crisis of sovereign debt in emerging economies and… Read More

Safeguarding agribusiness: How governments in developing Asia can strengthen export resilience amid natural disasters

MADHUSHIKA PERERA AND SHYAMA RATNASIRI  |  Natural disasters—whether cyclones, droughts, floods, or earthquakes—are increasingly frequent and severe, with profound implications for nations around… Read More

Can a robot be an author? Navigating the legal maze of copyright in the age of AI

NIROGINI THAMBAIYA, KANCHANA KARIYAWASAM AND CHAMILA TALAGALA  |  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a buzzword – it’s reshaping how we live,… Read More