July 13, 2021/CSL Research In line with its mandate to drive financial inclusion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently released guidelines and regulatory framework for the operations of Mobile Money Services (MMS) in Nigeria. This follows the previous guidelines and regulatory framework issued in 2015. In the same vein, […]

July 13, 2021/Fitch Ratings OPEC+ has delayed its decision on the extent of crude oil production increases, raising questions about the alliance’s capacity to coordinate production and highlighting disagreements about supply policies, Fitch Ratings says. Earlier this week, OPEC+ postponed for a third time its meeting to finalise the decision […]

July 12, 2021/IMFBlog By Oya Celasun, Florence Jaumotte, and Antonio Spilimbergo While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, climate change—a crisis that can cause even greater destruction—looms. All crises teach us lessons, but the pandemic has gone further: it has reminded us about the power of nature. A […]