This brief provides a prognosis of how the pandemic might affect global trends in international economic migration and remittances in 2020 and 2021.

Taking measures to bolster trust in cash

This note outlines a strategy for the rescue of the microfinance sector (MFS) due to distress caused by the twin health and economic crises. The strategy is based on the authors’ experience with a wide variety of economic and financial crises over the past 30 years.

The cases of Mozambique and Tanzania

Recommendations for Arab countries for developing their Digital ID and Electronic Know Your Customer programs

How digital solutions can help governments deliver cash transfers

An ‘Economic Rescue Plan For All’ to tackle the Coronavirus crisis and rebuild a more equal world

Leveraging PAYGO to increase solar energy access in MFI-solar distributor partnerships

Cross-border retail payments and prospects for the Arab region

Analysis of the fintech network in the Arab World and its ability to reach financially excluded groups