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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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decentralised finance (DeFi). It considers and tests potential drivers of growing supply and demand for such assets by institutional … investors, analyses the potential for increasing interconnectedness between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralised … finance and identifies linkages between the two. The report then outlines the risks these growing markets may create, while …
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Decentralised finance, including crypto-asset markets and DeFi protocol activity, has been promoted as a tool to … support the democratisation of finance. This report presents quantitative evidence from ASEAN economies that participation in … decentralised finance markets has been largely driven by speculative forces and a fear of missing out, rather than by practical use …
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Investment is essential to build a competitive and sustainable tourism sector. This Tourism Paper examines effective policy approaches to boost the quantity and quality of investment in tourism. It reviews the enabling conditions and barriers to promoting investment that can foster sustainable...
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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 … blockchain’s impact on global rules and multilateral policy objectives, particularly around climate impacts and uses for illicit …
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also shows how these can be linked to other statistics on science, technology and economic activity (R&D, scientific …
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countries. But do the developing countries have the capacity and motivation to take advantage of cleaner technology options … for co-operation in environmental science and technology. …
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