Resources by Eliamringi Mandari

Flagship Reports

Remittance Reporting and Analysis System

Based on recent consultations with over 30 regulators, central banks acknowledge that the way they think about remittances data is changing, as there is an ever-growing need for detailed insights…

Assessment Guides

Regional Remittance Policy and Regulatory Framework

This guide is designed to help regional economic secretariats, policymakers, regulators and development partners with assessments of the existing remittance-related policy and regulatory frameworks. It is intended to help identify…

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Inception Report: Regional Harmonization of Remittances in the IGAD region

This inception report on the harmonization of remittance policies project in the IGAD region highlights the background, including preliminary reviews of migration and remittance landscapes and specifies the project methodology,…

Country and Regional Diagnostics

Ethiopia Payment and Financial market infrastructure Diagnostic

This report was prepared to address the National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE) ongoing efforts to modernize its payments and financial markets infrastructures in line with the aforementioned objectives. The report…

Exploratory Papers

Mechanisms for Diaspora Finance

This report explores determinants for how to improve the investments of women and men migrants in their countries of origin, ranging from putting in place favourable policy and regulatory frameworks,…

Exploratory Papers

Diaspora Micro-Savings Products

The paper sets out to specify the scope, key functional and non-functional policies, marketing policies, financial policies, and partnership policies necessary for a micro-savings product (M-savings bonds) that could be…

Articles and Case Studies

New Directive Key to Formalise Remittances, Keep them Flowing

An amended National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) directive increases permissible forex holdings by 15pc and eases restrictions on use. It is the right step to encourage inbound forex flows through…

Articles and Case Studies

Can Focused Policy Reforms Help Bring Back Remittances?

How the Ethiopian government is tackling the challenge of declining remittances and economic contraction

Articles and Case Studies

Making It Easier for Migrants to Send and Save

The National Bank of Ethiopia’s (NBE’s) new “Establishment and Operation of Foreign Currency Saving Account for Residents of Ethiopia, Non-Resident Ethiopians and Non-Residents of Ethiopian Origin, Directives No. EX1V 68…