Physical cash and commercial bank money are dominant vehicles for retail payments around the world, including in … crypto-assets, stable coins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). It assesses the supply and demand factors that may … between token-based and account-based money matters less than the distinction between central bank and non-central bank money …

Ghana has low levels of financial inclusion of individuals and access to finance for firms remains a major challenge … conducted in cash. Mobile banking in Ghana is at a nascent stage with only 13 percent of adults having a mobile account and the … formal accounts, large majority of them relies on internal finance for investments, with only around 23 percent having a bank …

Ghana's real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded in 2018, albeit at a slower rate than in 2017; the expansion was … reserves. The financial sector in Ghana has grown rapidly since 2010, and with it the share of Ghanaians with access to formal … economic update concludes with five specific recommendations for enhancing financial inclusion in Ghana: digitize government …

This Review was prepared at the request of the Bulgaria National Bank (BNB). It presents the setting and the … objective of this Review is to help strengthen the corporate governance practices of banks in Bulgaria. Specifically, itintends … increasingly rely on the relevant internal and reportingsystems in those banks that have demonstrated better management and …

To move funds internationally, banks rely on correspondent banking relationships (CBRs), roughly defined as the … provision of banking services by one bank (the correspondent) to another bank (the respondent). CBRs are essential to …, global banks have been reviewing their CBRs and many have decided to terminate or limit their correspondent banking services …

To move funds internationally, banks rely on correspondent banking relationships (CBRs), roughly defined as the … provision of banking services by one bank (the correspondent) to another bank (the respondent). CBRs are essential to …, global banks have been reviewing their CBRs and many have decided to terminate or limit their correspondent banking services …

better understanding specifically the provision of short-term training providers, the World Bank launched the Training … as an indicator of their performance. To get an accurate picture of the characteristics, actions, values, and outcomes of …

growth.The results, as contained in this report, are based on a new World Bank tool designed for this purpose. Known as SABER …-WfD, the tool is part of the World Bank's initiative on Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) whose aim is to … provide systematic documentation and assessment of the policy and institutional factors that influence the performance of …

help the GoI tackle its current skills challenges, the World Bank carried out a comprehensive diagnostic of the country …-term strategy and, through BAPPENAS, had requested that the World Bank carry out an assessment of the current state of the … developed by the World Bank, which focuses on the areas of governance, financing, information, quality assurance, access, and …