The Journey Toward Cash Lite-Addressing Poverty Saving Money and Increasing Transparency by Accelerating the Shift to Electronic Payments

This study:

• Examines the three shifts to electronic payments;
• Aggregates the findings of a range of studies about the benefits of electronic payment adoption;
• Identifies barriers that need to be addressed in order to achieve a shift toward “cash lite”; and
• Concludes with a guide for governments, private sector businesses (as users of e-payments rather than as providers) and development organizations that wish to accelerate the shift to electronic payments.