I implore bankers to (and indeed trust they will) prioritise and elevate these roles in their operations, which to date appear to be peripheral, in order to amplify the impact of their products and services on welfare, livelihoods and economic performance, broadly.
This represents an ongoing weight on economic activity that did not exist at the opening of the 2000s, despite the fact that the World is in a period of low growth. There was also strong growth in non-oil commodity demand and prices.