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Central Bank Digital Currencies: Five Lessons From Three Trailblazers
Experiences from the Bahamas, China and Nigeria help illuminate the rocky path for other central banks interested in implementing their own digital currencies.
By Kinyanjui Mungai, Michaella Allen, Barry Cooper, Cenfri
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Does Informal Finance Still Matter?
Informal Savings Mechanisms (ISMs) have long been important to many people’s day-to-day money management across Africa. But as formal financial services become much more prevalent in the region, what will happen to these ISMs? Will they fall by the wayside as the digital revolution takes over?
By Stephen Peachey, Sukhwinder Arora, Savings at the Frontier
FinDev Blog
Fintech As a Pathway to Financial Inclusion? The Case of China
The opportunities and risks of fintech are front of mind for financial sector policymakers these days, and many are looking to China for inspiration and guidance. What can we learn from the Chinese experience?
By Douglas Randall, Jennifer Chien, World Bank Group