From data to inference: Why AI governance matters for central banks in developing economies Kristina Miggiani May 05, 2026 This page in: English © 2026 The World Bank Group,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/allaboutfinance/from-data-to-inference--why-ai-governance-matters-for-central-ba?cid=ECR_E_NewsletterWeekly_EN_EXT&deliveryName=DM281143 Central banks are among the most data-dense public institutions. As they modernize digital payments and financial supervision, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled analytics and supervisory technology (SupTech) enable them to draw connections across the large datasets they hold. In doing so, these tools expand central banks’ ability to infer information about legal entities and individuals beyond what is directly contained in any single dataset. © 2026 The World Bank Group,