The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies, and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Government of Indonesia, with the Indonesian cocoa sector and the Better Than Cash Alliance has conducted a first-of-its-kind sizing exercise to assess opportunities for digital financial inclusion for smallholder cocoa farmers.
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The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk.
The toolkits, available both in French and English, are designed for financial service providers (FSPs) who want to go digital.
New reports by McKinsey Global Institute and the Better Than Cash Alliance
This review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme shares best practices and challenges from initiatives implemented in areas related to productive capacity, infrastructure and energy, agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development, economy, trade, etc
The report attempts to understand the factors that drive awareness and interest among current non-users of digital payments in India and analyzes the experience of current users and dentify potential strategies to spur the adoption among these consumers and merchants.
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
The Tanzanian President, Finance Ministers and high level delegates are leading SDG progress by digitizing payments and accelerating financial inclusion.
The toolkit provides a comprehensive view of scale and nature of Mobile money opportunities; strategic considerations around interoperability and enabling third parties; further providing some insights and best practices around the same.
This DCED Research and Evidence Update compiles recent books, journal articles and studies that offer credible findings on the effectiveness of private sector development (PSD), reviews of c…
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
The Universal Postal Union (UPU), the UN’s agency for postal services, has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance.
What do you think of the IMF’s new Fiscal Transparency Code for governments? Marco Cangiano, …
A Toolkit for USAID Implementing Partners and Development Organizations
During President Barack Obama’s current visit to Africa, the Government of Malawi announced its commitment to the Better Than Cash Alliance.