Release Date:June, 2025

This paper takes stock of developments and policy issues related to digital payments innovations across sub-Saharan African (SSA), including central bank digital currency (CBDC), fast payments more...

Author/Editor: Trevor Serge Coleridge Alleyne, Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe, Thomas Dowling, Dmitriy Kovtun, Alla Myrvoda, Joel Chiedu Okwuokei, Jarkko Turunen.

Release Date:September, 2017

Banks across the Caribbean have lost important Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBRs). The macroeconomic impact has so far been limited, in part because banks either have multiple relationships more...

Author/Editor: Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe.

Release Date:May, 2006

Workers' remittances have been playing an increasingly important role in the balance of payments of many countries and can significantly contribute to the strength of their external positions. more...