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Free trade zones and illicit gold flows in Latin America and the Caribbean

OECD - 2022

mitigate these vulnerabilities, they remain especially acute in trading operations of specific goods. One of these is gold …. High-risk gold originating in Latin America and the Caribbean is often laundered within the region before advancing to … destination markets. This report examines the risks and vulnerabilities linked to financial crimes in gold trade through FTZs …

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OECD Debt Transparency Initiative : Trends, challenges and progress

OECD - 2022

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, particularly for fragile countries, have renewed focus on debt transparency, prompting international organisations and national authorities to step up their efforts to improve the consistency, comparability, scope and frequency of debt...

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Institutionalisation of crypto-assets and DeFi–TradFi interconnectedness

OECD - 2022

This report examines institutional investor participation in markets for digital assets, including crypto-assets and decentralised finance (DeFi). It considers and tests potential drivers of growing supply and demand for such assets by institutional investors, analyses the potential for...

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Blockchain at the frontier : Impacts and issues in cross-border co-operation and global governance

OECD - 2022

Blockchain technology is expected to drive digital transformation in the way businesses, governments and societies interact in the years ahead, including at an international level. This paper considers current and emerging uses of blockchain to strengthen beneficial economic ties between...

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Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on insurance markets

OECD - 2022

This note assesses the immediate impact of Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine on global insurance markets. It addresses direct impacts of the war on the industry, such as losses arising in certain specialty lines and restrictions on the provision of insurance services, and...

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Policy guidance on market practices to strengthen ESG investing and finance a climate transition

OECD - 2022

While sustainable finance approaches are increasingly used by financial market participants, a number of challenges still undermine and hinder the efficient mobilisation of capital to support environmental, social and governance (ESG), and climate-related objectives. These challenges include...

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Enhancing the insurance sector’s contribution to climate adaptation

OECD - 2023

Insurance coverage plays an important role in protecting households, businesses and governments from the financial impacts of climate-related disasters. However, climate change is expected to increase the frequency and/or intensity of a range of climate-related (weather) perils and could...

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Shifting from open banking to open finance : Results from the 2022 OECD survey on data sharing frameworks

OECD - 2023

Data sharing arrangements are evolving from open banking to open finance. This next stage of the evolution builds upon existing frameworks to expand data access and data source sharing beyond payment/transaction data, while also including other areas of financial activity (e.g. insurance). This...

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Anti-corruption compliance in times of crisis : Building resilience and seizing opportunities

OECD - 2022

This paper assesses the impact of crises, in particular the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis, on anti-corruption compliance objectives, resources and operations. It evaluates whether the crisis generated challenges or opportunities for businesses in the area of anti-corruption...

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Environmental impact of digital assets : Crypto-asset mining and distributed ledger technology consensus mechanisms

OECD - 2022

Crypto-asset markets are rapidly developing and reached USD 3tn in late 2021, yet the infrastructure supporting mainstream crypto-assets, such as the Bitcoin, use an enormous amount of energy. This paper explores the growing environmental impact of crypto-assets due to increasing institutional...

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