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Do Remittances Enhance Financial Inclusion in LMICs and in Fragile States?

Ben Naceur, Samy - 2020

This paper explores the relationship between remittances and financial inclusion for a sample of 187 countries over the … period 2004-2015, using cross-country as well as dynamic panel GMM regressions. At low levels of remittances-to-GDP, these …

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Are Remittances Good for Labor Markets in LICs, MICs and Fragile States?

Chami, Ralph - 2018

We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes.Remittances appear to have a … in size than those offoreign direct investment or offcial development aid. On the supply side, remittances reducelabor … significantly different sensitivities to remittances. On the demandside, remittances reduce overall unemployment but benefit mostly …

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Is Digital Financial Inclusion Unlocking Growth?

Khera, Purva; Ng, Stephanie; Ogawa, Sumiko; Sahay, Ratna - 2022

financial inclusion. These findings are then used to help inform policy recommendations in areas related to the digitization of …

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Renminbi Usage in Cross-Border Payments : Regional Patterns and the Role of Swaps Lines and Offshore Clearing Banks

Perez Saiz, Hector; Zhang, Longmei - 2023

The paper examines the usage of the Renminbi (RMB) as an international payment currency. Globally, the use of RMB remains small, accounting for 2 percent of total cross-border transactions. Using country-level transaction data from Swift** for 2010–21, we find significant regional variations...

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Patterns in Invoicing Currency in Global Trade

Boz, Emine - 2020

This paper presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date panel data set of invoicing currencies in global trade. It provides data on the shares of exports and imports invoiced in US dollars, euros, and other currencies for more than 100 countries since 1990. The evidence from these data...

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SDG Financing Options in Rwanda : A Post-Pandemic Assessment

Lledó, Victor D.; Perrelli, Roberto - 2022

This paper uses a novel macroeconomic framework to identify policy and financing options to help Rwanda achieve its sustainable development goals (SDGs). Under current policies, Rwanda would meet its SDGs right after 2050. Active policies that combine fiscal reforms and higher private sector...

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Digitalization and Resilience : Firm-Level Evidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abidi, Nordine; Sakha, Sahra; Herradi, El - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented shock to firms with adverse consequences for existing productive capacities. At the same time, digitalization has increasingly been touted as a key pathway for mitigating economic losses from the pandemic, and we expect firms facing digital...

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and GDP : What National Accounts Bring to the Table

Alexander, Thomas - 2018

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represent a new global consensus to end poverty, promote prosperity, and protect the environment. Goal 8 seeks to improve global resource efficiency in consumption and production and to decouple economic growth...

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A Framework for Macroprudential Bank Solvency Stress Testing : Application to S-25 and Other G-20 Country FSAPs

Jobst, Andreas (Andy) - 2013

The global financial crisis has placed the spotlight squarely on bank stress tests. Stress tests conducted in the lead-up to the crisis, including those by IMF staff, were not always able to identify the right risks and vulnerabilities. Since then, IMF staff has developed more robust stress...

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Quarterly GDP Revisions in G-20 Countries : Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis

Shrestha, Manik L. - 2013

This paper presents a statistical analysis of revisions in quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) of the Group of Twenty countries (G-20) since 2000. The main objective is to assess whether the reliability of early estimates of quarterly GDP has been weakened from the turmoil of the 2008...

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