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Central Bank Digital Currencies for Cross-border Payments : A Review of Current Experiments and Ideas

World Bank Group - 2021

Over the years, the demand for seamless and inexpensive cross-border payments has grown in parallel with growth in international e-commerce, remittances and tourism. Yet, cross-border payments have not kept pace with the intensive modernization that has characterized domestic payment services...

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Central Bank Digital Currency : Background Technical Note

World Bank Group - 2021

In recent years, due to innovations in technology, the concept of digital currency has emerged out of the desire of some private entities to replicate specific properties of cash in the digital space. Digital currencies have been issued in various electronic formats and value propositions, and...

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Central Bank Digital Currency : A Payments Perspective

World Bank Group - 2021

Payment and settlement systems and services have become vital components of the economic life of contemporary societies. Over the last decades, they have gone through several waves of reforms that have changed the landscape of the national payments system (NPS) in virtually every country in the...

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Korea Blockchain Ecosystem

World Bank Group - 2021

Emerging technology curation series aims to capture and share Korea experience and lessons learned in regard to exploration and adoption of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, edge-computing, internet of things (IoT), 5G, et cetera Korea blockchain ecosystem is the first of the series and...

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and African Aviation : Policy Note

World Bank Group - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an existential threat to the air transport sector globally, including in Africa. Due to … another airline fills the void left by a defunct airline in Africa. This challenge is further compounded by the difficulty of … competitive air transport sector in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis in Africa. It focuses on four broad areas: it provides a …

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Urban Mobility in African Cities : Developing National Urban Mobility Policy and Delivering at the City Level - Summary Report

World Bank Group - 2022

capabilities are built to develop and implement locally appropriate strategies. The Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) aims to …

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Feasibility Study to Connect All African Higher Education Institutions to High-Speed Internet : Cote d'Ivoire Case Study

World Bank Group - 2021

part of the digital economy for Africa (DE4A) initiative, the World Bank commissioned a feasibility study to develop an … of the African union digital transformation strategy for Africa (2020-2030), aims to digitally enable every African …

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Feasibility Study to Connect All African Higher Education Institutions to High-Speed Internet : Uganda Case Study

World Bank Group - 2021

Following the Introduction in chapter one, the report provides a country overview in chapter two to provide the national context. The connectivity gap has both a supply-side and a demand-side: chapter three explores the demand-side, focusing on ICT in the education sector and the challenges...

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Feasibility Study to Connect All African Higher Education Institutions to High-Speed Internet : Mozambique Case Study

World Bank Group - 2021

Following the Introduction in chapter one, the report provides a country overview in chapter two to provide the national context. The connectivity gap has both a supply-side and a demand-side: Chapter three explores the demand-side, focusing on ICT in the education sector and the challenges...

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Feasibility Study to Connect All African Higher Education Institutions to High-Speed Internet

World Bank Group - 2021

top priority policy consideration. The higher education sector in Africa falls far behind the rest of the world in …

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