COVID-19: Remittance Flows to Shrink 14 Percent by 2021
Remittance flows to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by 7 percent, to $508 billion in 2020, followed by a further decline of 7.5 percent, to $470 billion in 2021.
Poverty Alleviation and Interhousehold Transfers
The Global COVID-19 Fintech Regulatory Rapid Assessment Study
Assessing how central banks and other financial regulators are responding to the challenges of COVID-19
Phase II: COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens
Update and projections on migration and remittance flows during the pandemic
A Roadmap to Suptech Solutions for Low Income (IDA) Countries
Step-by-step guide and use cases to support financial sector supervisors
Leveraging Islamic Fintech to Improve Financial Inclusion
Identifying three key areas of opportunity that Islamic fintech can address
Digital Cash Transfers in Times of COVID-19
Opportunities and considerations for women's inclusion and empowerment
World Bank Approves $1 Billion Financing for Kenya, to Address COVID-19 Financing Gap and Support Kenya’s Economy
Kenya has undertaken policy reforms that directly benefit many low-income Kenyan households.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Education Financing
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Drives Sub-Saharan Africa Toward First Recession in 25 Years
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1% in 2020, the first recession in the region over the past 25 years, according to the latest Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for the region.