sachs353_EMMANUEL DUNANDAFPGettyImages_moodys Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images

Time to Overhaul the Global Financial System

For low- and lower-middle-income countries to pursue their development goals and do their part in tackling problems like climate change, they need to be able to borrow reliably on decent market terms. Yet the current two-tiered global financial system extends this privilege almost exclusively to rich countries.

NEW YORK – At last month’s COP26 climate summit, hundreds of financial institutions declared that they would put trillions of dollars to work to finance solutions to climate change. Yet a major barrier stands in the way: The world’s financial system actually impedes the flow of finance to developing countries, creating a financial death trap for many.

https://prosyn.org/M3kPZ1Q