Jakob Vestergaard is an associate professor ar Roskilde. Previously, he was senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). He holds a PhD in international political economy of finance from Copenhagen Business School and a post-doc from London School of Economics. Since then, he has published on post-crisis banking regulation, governance reforms in the IMF and the World Bank, and eurozone governance. His publications include Discipline in the Global Economy? International Finance and the End of Liberalism (Routledge, 2009) and Central Banking at a Crossroads (Anthem Press, 2014), a co-edited book with Charles Goodhart, Daniela Gabor, and Ismail Erturk.
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We examine the World Bank’s protracted and conflicted attempts at shareholding reform from 2008 to the present, situating them within the broader context of multipolarity and intensifying geopolitical rivalries.
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Central banks can encourage climate-friendly investments by offering financial institutions favorable haircuts on green collateral
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Central banks can encourage climate-friendly investments by offering financial institutions favorable haircuts on green collateral