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Digital Payment Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa

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...



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The Impact of Monetary Policy Communication in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Indonesia

Author/Editor: Calixte Ahokpossi, Agnes Isnawangsih, Md Shah Naoaj, Ting Yan.

Release Date:June, 2020

Since the adoption of the inflation targeting framework by Bank Indonesia (BI), monetary policy communication has played an increasingly important role in BI’s policy toolkit. This paper assesses more...



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A Probabilistic Approach to Fiscal Space and Prudent Debt Level : Application to Low-Income Developing Countries

Author/Editor: Olumuyiwa S Adedeji, Calixte Ahokpossi, Claudio Battiati, Mai Farid.

Release Date:August, 2016

What constitutes fiscal space or a prudent level of debt to conduct countercyclical policy while ensuring debt sustainability? This paper addresses the question by exploring the more...



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Monetary and Fiscal Policies and the Dynamics of the Yield Curve in Morocco

Author/Editor: Calixte Ahokpossi, Pilar Garcia Martinez, Laurent Kemoe.

Release Date:May, 2016

We estimate the latent factors that underlie the dynamics of the sovereign bond yield curve in Morocco during 2004–14 based on the Dynamic Nelson-Siegel model. On this basis, we explore the more...



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A Constrained Choice? Impact of Concessionality Requirements on Borrowing Behavior

Author/Editor: Calixte Ahokpossi, Laurence Allain, Giovanna Bua.

Release Date:September, 2014

This paper uses the propensity matching score approach to assess the impact of the IMF’s debt limits policy (DLP) on borrowing behavior in countries eligible to borrow from its concessional lending more...



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Financial Depth in the WAEMU: Benchmarking Against Frontier SSA Countries

Author/Editor: Calixte Ahokpossi, Kareem Ismail, Sudipto Karmakar, Mesmin Koulet-Vickot.

Release Date:July, 2013

Financial depth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been uneven over the last two decades. The WAEMU countries are lagging behind other regions, particularly the High Growth Non-oil Exporters (HGNOEs) more...



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Determinants of Bank Interest Margins in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author/Editor: Calixte Ahokpossi.

Release Date:January, 2013

Financial intermediation is low in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared to other regions of the world. This paper examines the determinants of bank interest margins using a sample of 456 banks in 41 SSA more...



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