remittances_in_the_context_of_covid_19_africa_120620

Contents

Abstract.............................................................................................................. 2 Key Messages...................................................................................................... 3 1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 4 2 The context: An unprecedented crisis.................................................................. 6 3 Focus on Africa: Remittance inflows and dependence ............................................ 9 4 Financial infrastructure and capacity to adapt .................................................... 18 5 Comparing countries with composite indicators .................................................. 20 5.1 Dependence on remittances ....................................................................... 21 5.2 Economic vulnerability............................................................................... 22 5.3 Financial exclusion .................................................................................... 23 5.4 Mapping characteristics of the remittance dependent population ..................... 25 6 Conclusions ................................................................................................... 27 References ........................................................................................................ 28 Annexes ........................................................................................................... 31

i