Emerging economies account for most of the rise in the share of the developing and emerging economies in global output, and they are the focus of this speech. 2  According to data from World Bank Development Indicators, 2011, there were more than 500 million fewer people living below the $ a day poverty line in 2005 than 25 years earlier.
And a digital euro should foster innovation in the payments market, enabling intermediaries to develop novel solutions rather than discouraging them or crowding them out. We have thoroughly investigated different distribution models, assessing them against the key objectives of our digital euro project.