Resources by Uloma Ogba

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Remittance Policy Diagnostic and Payment Infrastructure Assessment for Kenya

This Diagnostic Report for Kenya supports efforts to strengthen policies and regulatory frameworks related to international remittances.

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Remittance Policy Diagnostic and Payment Infrastructure Assessment for Uganda

This Diagnostic Report for Uganda supports efforts to strengthen policies and regulatory frameworks related to international remittances.

Assessment Guides

Risks facing remittance service providers: A risk management framework for policymakers and regulators

The main objective of this framework is to assist policymakers in policy formulation and regulators in issuing guidelines to market players in the remittance space for identifying, evaluating, monitoring, and…

Assessment Guides

Risk management guidelines for remittance service providers

These guidelines aim to guide RSPs in identifying, evaluating, monitoring, and controlling key risks from the remittance services.

Flagship Reports

Bridging the Digital Divide: Gender Insights on Remittance Access, Usage, and Financial Health

This gender synthesis report investigates migrant and family experiences with international remittance services, emphasizing digital channels and their impact on underserved populations, particularly women, across Africa and Asia. The findings…

Articles and Case Studies

Customizing digital remittances for blue-collar migrant workers in the UAE: Harnessing the power of customer archetypes

This second article on UNCDF's partnership with RAKBANK and Edenred focuses on demand-side research findings that draw on 355 phone surveys and 11 qualitative interviews with blue-collar migrant workers in…

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Diagnostic Report: Regional Harmonization of Remittances in the IGAD region

At the request of the IGAD Secretariat, UNCDF has worked with the Secretariat and other public and private stakeholders to conduct a regional diagnostic assessment of existing remittance arrangements, laying…

Migrant Money Notes

Designing Gender-Smart and Migrant-Centric Digital Remittances

Adopting a migrant-centric and gender-smart approach is about taking a long-term view of the context in which the remittance business operates and understanding how deliberate and upfront investments in reaching…

Articles and Case Studies

How Do Digital Remittances Contribute to Women’s Financial Health?

Results from a UNCDF survey make clear the need for more gender-smart and migrant-centric remittance products