Author/Editor: Gabriel Soderberg, Marianne Bechara, Wouter Bossu, Natasha X Che, Sonja Davidovic, John Kiff, Inutu Lukonga, Tommaso Mancini Griffoli, Tao Sun, Akihiro Yoshinaga.

Release Date:February, 2022

Central banks are increasingly pondering whether to issue their own digital currencies to the general public, so-called retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). The majority of IMF member more...

Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris, Ruud A de Mooij, Andrew Hodge, Jan Loeprick, Dinar Prihardini, Alpa Shah, Sebastian Beer, Sonja Davidovic, Arbind M Modi, Fan Qi.

Release Date:September, 2021

Digitalization in Asia is pervasive, unique, and growing. It stands out by its sheer scale, with internet users far exceeding numbers in other regions. This facilitates e-commerce in markets that are more...

Author/Editor: Delphine Prady, Herve Tourpe, Sonja Davidovic, Soheib Nunhuck.

Release Date:September, 2020

During the 2020 pandemic, the majority of countries have provided income support to households at an unprecedented speed and scale. Social distancing measures and the large penetration of mobile more...

Author/Editor: John Kiff, Jihad Alwazir, Sonja Davidovic, Aquiles Farias, Ashraf Khan, Tanai Khiaonarong, Majid Malaika, Hunter K Monroe, Nobu Sugimoto, Hervé Tourpe, Peter Zhou.

Release Date:June, 2020

This paper examines key considerations around central bank digital currency (CBDC) for use by the general public, based on a comprehensive review of recent research, central bank experiments, and more...

Author/Editor: Sonja Davidovic, Elena Loukoianova, Cormac Sullivan, Hervé Tourpe.

Release Date:August, 2019

The Bali Fintech Agenda highlights 12 principles for policymakers to consider when formulating their approaches to new financial technology (fintech). The agenda aims to harness the potential of more...