The US economic recovery will be determined to a large extent by the country’s ability to control the pandemic, Hank Paulson tells Gillian Tett of the Financial Times in an interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

With Beijing planning $2 trillion in construction stimulus, China has the opportunity to learn from its past by investing in infrastructure that also promotes a clean environment, writes Deborah Lehr.

Beijing has long been holding the line on raising the retirement age. In his latest analysis, Houze Song explores the near-term benefits of this delay as well as the long-term need to raise the retirement age.

The PBOC recently announced that it is now excluding “clean coal” technologies from a list of projects that can be financed using green bonds, taking an important step to align with common green financing standards.

For nearly a decade, the Paulson Institute has worked to protect China’s vital coastal wetlands. Dr. Jianbin Shi details the stories behind PI’s wetlands projects and the signs that the tide may be turning.