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News >> Media Release

West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda

Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)
© © Better Than Cash Allaince/ Elise Fitte-Duval
Global Resources >> Industry Reports

USAID: The Gender Digital Divide Working toward a global digital ecosystem for all

Analyzing the Gender Digital Divide with country examples/data from India, Senegal & Indonesia
Global Resources >> Videos

Ahmed Shide, Finance Minister, outlines how Ethiopia will prioritize #financialequality for women

Mr. Ahmed Shide, Ethiopia’s Finance Minister, outlines 5 actions in the upcoming National Digital Payments and Financial Inclusion Strategies.
News >> In the Media

FEATURED: Celebrating Leading Women in Rwanda’s e-Commerce Space

Global Resources >> Videos

[Webinar] Reaching Financial Equality - A Call to Action

View our webinar on Reaching Financial Equality for Women report, A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to rebuild stronger after COVID-19 by prioritizing women’s digital financial inclusion.
News >> In the Media

Queen Maxima gives speech about financial equality for International Women’s Day

© © Gap Inc.
Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Reaching Financial Equality for Women (2021 edition)

A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to rebuild stronger after COVID-19 by prioritizing women’s digital financial inclusion
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News >> Media Release

FAO pledges to scale up direct use of digital financial transfers

Director-General says joining the Better Than Cash Alliance is part of stimulating more innovation and financial inclusion for smallholders
© © FAO
Global Resources >> Toolkits

VoxDev Lit: Mobile Money (literature review) Toolkit

Analyzing impacts and potential of mobile money on (women’s) economic empowerment, financial inclusion and poverty reduction.
© © Dayan Berhe / Better Than Cash Alliance
Global Resources >> Toolkits

COVID-19 Exclusion Working Group (Gender) – Introduction and Strategic Enablers for Digital Payments Toolkit

COVID-19 is causing unprecedented health, economic and social crises and threatens the poverty and inclusion gains that have been made over the last decade.

© © Shutterstock / Neeraz Chaturvedi
Global Resources >> Videos

[Webinar] COVID-19 Payments: Managing Risks, Ensuring Women’s Inclusion, and Communicating Clearly

This webinar responds to the question of how governments and humanitarian agencies can manage the risks associated with COVID-19 response payments, ensure women’s inclusion, and improve communications with recipients.
© © Better Than Cash Alliance
News >> In the Media

Inclusive digital payments solutions for the garment sector workers in Bangladesh

© ©Better Than Cash Alliance/M.M. Zahidur Rahman
Global Resources >> Videos

What powers her loom? A story of women’s digital financial inclusion from Manipur, India

This two-minute video from the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance is about Romita, a widow in the North East of India who opened a bank account to receive a government loan for a power loom.

Alliance Reports >> Flagship Publication

Advancing Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion

Report by the Better Than Cash Alliance, Women’s World Banking, and the World Bank Group for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion under the Saudi G20 Presidency
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News >> Media Release

Sudan embraces digital payments to build a more inclusive economy

Sudan Joins United Nations’ Better Than Cash Alliance to Drive Financial Inclusion and Transparency

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News >> In the Media

Op-Ed: As COVID-19 presents Africa with conflicting choices between relief for today and investing for tomorrow, here’s why it needs to consider digitization

© © Better Than Cash Alliance / Allan Gichigi
News >> Ideas & Updates

Ghana Launches New Policies to Speed Up Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments to Transform the Economy

Public and Private Sector Collaboration is Critical for Success
© © Better Than Cash Alliance / Emmanuel Doe
News >> Newsletter

25 years since Beijing – Spotlight on women!

In this edition of the newsletter, we applaud the leadership of Alliance members in the Philippines, Ghana and India who are ensuring that women can gain economic independence through digitization.
News >> In the Media

Digital Wages in Bangladesh Benefit Women

© © BSR
Alliance Reports >> Diagnostics

Country Diagnostic: Viet Nam

Digital payments enable inclusive growth and advance the Sustainable Development Goals, through cost savings, increased transparency, financial inclusion and greater women’s economic participation.