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Sep 27, 2021

Inclusive growth needs financial inclusion. Can central bank digital currency help?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou</span>

1.7 billion adults remained unbanked as per the 2017 wave of Findex dataset, with large disparities in financial inclusion still existing across countries, gender, income, education, and rural-urban lines. CBDCs have the potential to enhance financial inclusion and reduce these disparities.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

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Sep 24, 2021

Evergrande’s debt distress: Withdrawal symptoms of China’s debt-fueled growth model

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Hung Tran</span>

On September 24th China’s giant property developer Evergrande Group entered a 30-day grace period before being declared in default. Although they may not default, this slowdown highlights the key contradiction in China’s policy goals.

China Economy & Business

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 22, 2021

Experts react: 2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tajikistan

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >South Asia Center</span>

On September 17, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held a heads-of-state summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in a hybrid virtual and in-person setting. Consisting of China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and most recently Iran, the SCO meeting primarily discussed the evolving situation in Afghanistan and its ramifications for member states as well as the international community more broadly.

Afghanistan Central Asia

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 22, 2021

Experts react: The September 2021 White House QUAD meeting

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

US President Joe Biden is set to host a first in-person Quad meeting on September 24, 2021, with Australia, India, and Japan present. South Asia Center experts react to the meeting and offer insight into what to expect. 

Australia Indo-Pacific

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 21, 2021

A reinvigorated Quad is becoming a key element of the new US administration’s Asia policy—just not in the way you expected.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atman Trivedi</span>

A reinvigorated Quad is becoming a key element of the new US administration’s Asia policy. Its members—Australia, India, Japan, and the US—convened virtually in March at the leader level. Amid multiple global crises, they wisely opted to focus on concrete ways to deliver for their people and the region. The grouping sought to prove that democracy still works, as President Biden likes to say. The Quad Leaders’ communique set the bar high: cooperation on “the defining challenges of our time.”

Indo-Pacific Japan

EnergySource

Sep 20, 2021

India is key to US climate ambitions, and the Quad can help

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Reed Blakemore</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">David Yellen</span>

India's massive demand for energy is projected to grow rapidly over the next several decades, and its current coal reliance will be difficult to break. But doing so is vital, both to global decarbonization and US geopolitical interests. The Quad can help provide the requisite security, investment, and support to help India undertake this challenge.

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

EnergySource

Sep 20, 2021

Will a Taliban victory advance TAPI?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Steve Mann</span>

The Taliban's ascent in Afghanistan has shaken up the prospects for a pipeline from Turkmenistan to India. Financial and reputational risks abound, and though a few possibilities remain, they possess serious limitations, calling the pipeline's future into question.

Central Asia Energy & Environment
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Event Recap

Sep 17, 2021

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discusses the future of deterrence

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Jacob Mezey</span>

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen John E. Hyten discusses deterrence for the twenty-first century.

China Defense Industry

Insights & Impact

Sep 17, 2021

Nawaz joins DW News to discuss the latest development in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Conflict

EconoGraphics

Sep 17, 2021

Global Sanctions Dashboard: Summer edition

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Julia Friedlander, Michael Albanese and Castellum.AI</span>

Current state of sanctions against the Taliban, China’s use of its Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, and combating corruption through sanctions.

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