The world economy has experienced four global recessions over the past seven decades: in 1975, 1982, 1991, and 2009 …, with severe economic and financial disruptions in many countries around the world. The 2009 global recession, set off by …

infrastructure and regional cooperation. Fran??ois Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank … and discussion of new knowledge on development. It is an opportunity for many of the world's finest development thinkers … -- was devoted to "Rethinking Infrastructure for Development." The conference opened with remarks by Sadakazu Tanigaki, Japan …

Global instant payment and its underlying infrastructure evolution are commonly referred to as fragmentation, with the …, and service integration, that characterize the evolution of global instant payment infrastructure. Drawing upon four … between these evolution mechanisms and qualities. We find that the evolution of global instant payment infrastructure is …

A vast digital eco-system of entrepreneurship and exchange has sprung up with Bitcoin's digital infrastructure at its … core. We explore the worldwide spread of infrastructure necessary to maintain and grow Bitcoin as a system (Bitcoin nodes …) and infrastructure enabling the use of bitcoins for everyday economic transactions (Bitcoin merchants). Specifically, we …

In infrastructure, the possibility of a positive relationship between operators' profitability and the degree of … assessments of the degree of concentration in infrastructure at the global and at the regional level. Concentration issues were …

infrastructure. The VigiTrust Global Advisory Board team organized a session on How to Protect Critical Infrastructures during a …