Report NEP-PAY-2025-03-31

This is the archive for NEP-PAY, a report on new working papers in the area of Payment Systems and Financial Technology. Bernardo Batiz-Lazo issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Munyegera,Ggombe Kasim, 2024, "Gender, Digital Financial Services and Financial Inclusion: Empirical Evidence from Rwanda," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 928e048f-f001-46a8-9841-c, Jul.
• Mothobi, Onkokame, 2024, "The Impact of Network Coverage on Adoption of Fintech Platforms and Financial Inclusion," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 323bd6d8-85d4-47e3-b56f-7, Apr.
• BIZOZA, Saidi & IRAKOZE, Gildas, 2024, "Exploring the Mobile Money in the Financial Inclusion Landscape in Burundi: Impacts in Gender and Location Perspectives," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 8cdd1260-1184-4ac3-b253-9, Jul.
• Okot, Nicholas & Kasekende, Elizabeth, 2024, "Digital Finance Policy and its Impact on Financial Inclusion in Uganda," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 75d4d4fb-5fa0-4a7b-af82-6, Jul.
• World Bank, 2024, "Interoperability Between Central Bank Digital Currency Systems and Fast Payment Systems," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41812, Jul.
• Tamba, Cox Lwaka & Murithi, Immaculate Kathomi, 2024, "Promoting Gender Inclusion in Digital Financial Services: Evidence on Policies and Socio Economic Factors in Kenya," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 94e6dcbb-ef84-4ee5-ab21-0, Jul.
• Lemma, Tesfaye T. & Mlilo, Mthokozisi, 2024, "Digital Finance and Gender Gap in Enterprise Performance: Evidence from Kenya," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 34087862-28f2-450f-858d-c, Jul.
• Kodongo, Odongo, 2024, "The Fintech Ecosystem and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Kenya," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number b3a2fad3-1c4f-4e95-9cd3-6, Jul.
• Botha, Rosemary & Kamninga, Tony Mwenda & Tuyisenge, Methode, 2024, "Access to Digital Financial Services and Women Empowerment: Evidence from Rural Rwanda," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 3687a661-6991-478f-971a-0, Jul.
• Jack Mandin, 2025, "Risk-Free Uncollateralized Lending in Decentralized Markets: An Introduction to Flash Loans," Discussion Papers, Bank of Canada, number 2025-06, Mar, DOI: 10.34989/sdp-2025-6.
• Sekumbo, Karia & Manda, Noela Ringo Constantine, 2024, "Who is More Likely to Pay the Tax on Mobile Money Withdrawals?," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 0b200bf8-0fb3-45ed-829a-2, Jul.
• Klüh, Ulrich, 2025, ""Hyperledger" versus "hyperscaler"? Can coopetition on decentralized platforms be a countervailing power to big tech? Platform capitalism between new and old forms power," ZNWU Discussion Papers, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt Business School, Center for Sustainable Economic and Corporate Policy (SECP), number 14.
• Gakpa, Lewis-Landry, 2024, "Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship in Six sub-Saharan African Countries: Evidence from Finaccess and Finscope Survey Data," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 4387c5f4-4f65-4460-829f-b, Apr.
• Kirui, Benard Kipyegon, 2024, "The Role of Mobile Money in International Remittances: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 6510bb93-0565-4581-9082-4, Apr.
• World Bank, 2024, "Competition Policy in Digital Markets in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41603, May.
• Ogwang, Ambrose & Kahunde, Rehema & Makika, Maya Denis, 2024, "Drivers of the Gender Gap in use of Digital Financial Services: Evidence from Uganda," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 28c0df55-fd40-414e-bfe3-d, Jul.
• Massacky, Joseph B. & Ajefuand Falecia, 2024, "How Does Adoption of Mobile Money Technology Affect Child Labour and School Enrolment?," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 080c5f45-7d69-482a-b9fe-1, Apr.
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• World Bank, 2024, "Lebanon Digital ID Use Cases," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41565, May.
• Ufuk Akcigit & Raman S. Chhina & Seyit Cilasun & Javier Miranda & Nicolas Serrano-Velarde, 2025, "Credit Card Entrepreneurs," Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, number 2025-003, Mar.
• Akcigit, Ufuk & Chhina, Raman S. & Cilasun, Seyit Mümin & Miranda, Javier & Serrano-Velarde, Nicolas, 2025, "Credit card entrepreneurs," IWH Discussion Papers, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), number 5/2025, DOI: 10.18717/dpp02f-hc23.
• World Bank, 2024, "Competition Advocacy for Digital Markets in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41608, May.
• International Finance Corporation (IFC), 2024, "The Economic Opportunity for Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced People (FDP) by the Financial Sector in Brazil," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41758, Jun.
• World Bank, 2024, "State-Owned Enterprises in Digital Infrastructure and Downstream Digital Markets in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41606, May.
• Mothobi, Onkokame, 2024, "L'impact de la Couverture du Reseau sur l'Adoption des Plateformes Fintech et l'Inclusion Financiere," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number b1ef8deb-8afe-4f48-b9c9-0, Apr.
• Adeniran, Adedeji P. & Muthinja, Moses M., 2024, "Financial Inclusion and Resilience to COVID-19 Economic Shocks in Nigeria," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 1ce6ac72-bcfe-4403-ac14-1, Apr.
• Adeniran, Adedeji P. & Muthinja, Moses M., 2024, "Financial Inclusion and Resilience to COVID-19 Economic Shocks in Nigeria," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 2f1c64ac-2173-4191-826b-a, Apr.
• Okello, Jimmy Apaa, 2024, "Can Mobile Money-Induced Cost Reduction Spur More Remittances to Uganda? Would the Resultant Large Remittances Affect Monetary Policy Effectiveness?," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 03497339-fe62-48ef-b7a2-2, Jul.
• World Bank, 2024, "Open Finance," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41600, May.
• World Bank, 2024, "Regulating Digital Data in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41605, May.
• Kirui, Benard Kipyegon, 2024, "Le Role de l'Argent Mobile dans les Envois de Fonds Internationaux : Le Cas de l'Afrique Sub-Saharienne," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 47243269-f87b-4a0a-bd6c-5, Apr.
• Nogues-Marco, Pilar, 2025, "Monetary Geography vs. Political Sovereignty: The Emergence of National Issuing Banking in Spain," Working Papers, University of Geneva, Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History, number unige:183332.
• Effiong, Ekpeno L. & Asuquo, Emmanuel E., 2024, "Financial Openness and Remittances: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 1b5bc0b0-b6e2-4c6d-81f6-a, Apr.
• World Bank & The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2024, "Pakistan - Evaluating Private Capital Mobilization Potential for Resilient Digital Connectivity," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41946, Jul.
• World Bank, 2024, "Corporate Governance and Transparency of State-Owned and State-Linked Digital Enterprises in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41609, May.
• World Bank & Innovations for Poverty Action, 2024, "Cash Transfer Payment Mechanisms," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41716, Jun.
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• Sophia D'Angelo & Juan D. Barón & Haani Mazari & Daniel Morales & Santiago Ospina Tabares & Paola Polanco & Tom Kaye, 2024, "Lessons on Implementation," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 42086, Aug.
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• Rajesh Barik & Parthajit Kayal, 2025, "Financial Inclusion and Electricity Consumption: A Cross-Country Study of Upper-Middle and Lower-Middle Income Countries," Working Papers, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India, number 2025-277, Feb.
• World Bank, 2024, "Equatorial Guinea Digital Economy Diagnostic
  [Diagnóstico de la economía digital de Guinea Ecuatorial]," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41585, May.
• World Bank, 2024, "Taxes and Parafiscal Fees on Digital Infrastructure Services in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41628, May.
• World Bank, 2024, "Digital Skills Development in EAP," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41685, Jun.
• Tania Begazo & Clara Stinshoff & Hannelore Niesten & Georgiana Pop & Rong Chen & Gonçalo Coelho, 2024, "Regulating the Digital Economy in Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41620, May.
• Gakpa, Lewis-Landry, 2024, "Inclusion Financiere et Entrepreneuriat dans Six Pays d'Afrique Subsaharienne : Les Donnees des Enquetes Finaccess et Finscope," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 0fc3863c-27b1-4680-82fe-1, Apr.
• World Bank, 2024, "Strengthening Cybersecurity and Resilience of Critical Infrastructure - Insights from the Republic of Korea and Other Digital Nations," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41794, Jun.
• Jared Gars & Laura Prada & Santiago Borda & Egon Tripodi, 2025, "Personalized Reminders: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Voluntary Retirement Savings in Colombia," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition, number 528, Mar.
• World Bank, 2024, "Digital Economy for Latin America and the Caribbean - Country Diagnostic: Jamaica," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41387, Apr.
• Eichenauer, Vera & Köppl, Stefan & Köppl-Turyna, Monika, 2025, "Investment screening and venture capital," Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 2282.
• Amin, Ariane & Dago, Eric & Kere, Eric & Yogo, Thierry, 2024, "Adoption de la Technologie et Acces au Credit en Tanzanie : Une Analyse Econometrique Spatiale," Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium, number 99562c34-c5a2-4344-9fa4-5, Apr.
• Falk Laser & Alexander Mihailov & Jan Weidner, 2025, "Currency and Gold Shares in International Reserves by Country: Insights from a New Dataset," Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading, number em-dp2025-01, Mar.
• World Bank, 2024, "Riding the Wave of Digital Transformation," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41631, May.
• World Bank, 2024, "Digital Transformation of the Land Sector in Uganda," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41388, Apr.
• Lorie Logan, 2025, "Efficient and effective central bank balance sheets," Speeches and Essays, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, number 99652, Feb.
• World Bank, 2024, "Micro-finance / Macro-challenges," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41674, Jun.
• World Bank, 2024, "Digital First Responders - The Role of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTS) in Developing Countries," World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group, number 41823, Jul.

Report NEP-PAY-2025-03-31

This is the archive for NEP-PAY, a report on new working papers in the area of Payment Systems and Financial Technology. Bernardo Batiz-Lazo issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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Other reports in NEP-PAY

The following items were announced in this report: