Central Bank of Kenya Releases New Data on the Importance of Remittances

Central Bank of Kenya Releases New Data on the Importance of Remittances

April 29, 2021 | Sector: Public sector

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has recently announced the release of additional data on remittances, showing the amounts received from individual countries. Since 2007 CBK publishes monthly data on remittances grouped into three broad regions; North America, Europe, and the Rest of the World. In addition to this broad grouping, CBK has now introduced a detailed breakdown of the remittances by individual countries from which they were sent. The new detailed data start in February 2019.

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