ON THE ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA (SSA) Following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) most governments in Africa adopted the target to reach universal access to electricity by 2030. However, 2018-levels of electrification in SSA remain low on…

Carbon tax is a fee imposed on the burning of carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, gas)1. Many economist and scientists regard it as an incentive to reduce the use of fossil fuels and an instrument for governments to reduce emissions, fight…

We at FS Impact Finance communicate and interact with our partners and clients all over the world, increasingly relying on information systems, electronic networks, the cyberspace. We benefit from the digital age, nevertheless organisations such as ours must step up…

In a first post, the author looked at the importance of the sustainable development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a cornerstone to economic development: they create the most jobs (in volume), generate the most value-added and, though not…

As part of its analysis to inform COVID-19 policy responses, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is calling for adequate consideration of the vulnerability of economies as African governments consolidate efforts and define stimulus measures to mitigate national and regional…

Financial crime might not be on the top of your list of things to worry about currently, given the daily challenges organizing personal health and safety, worries related to your work environment, taking care of family members, friends or neighbours…

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK After a robust economic growth reaching 4.5% in 2019, Kazakhstan’s economy expected to shrink by 2.53% in 2020. The main reason for the decline is the Covid-19 pandemic triggering deterioration in many sectors of the economy. The IMF…

HOW VIETNAM BECAME THE RENEWABLE ENERGY POWERHOUSE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA A SCAF INSIGHT SEA below expectations when it comes to new installations in wind and solar PV Vietnam marks the exception with over 4,000 MWs solar PV capacity added in…

METHOD OF DECISION MAKING FOR EXPERIENCED ENTREPRENEURS Thanks to the outstanding commitment of the Indian cognitive scientist Prof. Dr. Saras D. Sarasvathy, entrepreneurship research has been enriched by a number of important new approaches. She teaches entrepreneurship and ethics at…

Based on current policies we are projected to reach 3.0°C of global warming by the end of the century; Economic stress and damage from natural disasters reached USD 165 billion in 2018 alone; Environmental concerns dominate the top risks by…