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BOTSWANA: Domestic Bond Market Development
Trever A Lessard, Laszlo Buzas, and Bill Northfield
At the request of the authorities, an IMF team undertook a technical assistance mission to Botswana, from August 17–26, 2022, to support efforts to develop the local currency government bond market. The mission assessed the current stage of the sovereign debt market and formulated policy recommendations for each of the six building blocks included in the Guidance Note for Developing Local Currency Bond Markets.
Keywords:
sovereign debt; debt management; local currency bond market development; financial market development
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Jordan: Retail Central Bank Digital Currency Exploration
Natsuki Tsuda, Ms. Marianne Bechara, Stephanie Forte, Kathleen Kao, Shuji Kobayakawa, Ashley Lannquist, and Frankosiligi Solomon
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyzed the retail payments markets of Jordan to identify pain points that retail Central Bank Digital Currency (rCBDC) could address. Retail payment systems in Jordan are highly integrated, enabling customers to make interoperable transactions between banks and non-bank Payment Service Providers (PSPs).1 The country’s cross-border remittance market is competitive, but may benefit from the reduced transactions cost associated with rCBDC. Despite generally accessible and appropriate product offerings and an enabling environment, various barriers prevent customers from extensively using digital means of payment. rCBDC might create an opportunity to overcome these barriers, thus making a cross-border rCBDC worth consideration. However, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) should rigorously evaluate benefits against risks and costs before forging ahead. Meanwhile, the CBJ should develop capacity to address technology, cybersecurity, financial integrity, and legal issues.
Keywords:
central bank digital currency CBDC distributed ledger technology noncash payments payment system central bank remittances mobile banking financial intermediaries