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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This paper sets out pathways forward to help realize the full potential of digitalization, with specific and practical recommendations.
This paper suggests pathways forward to help realize these benefits, with specific recommendations.
A new Center for Global Development policy paper explores the linkages between digitalization of payments and effective PFM systems.
This report examines two of China’s most far-reaching applications – WeChat and Alipay – and explores their role in the development of one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated digital payments ecosystems.
New reports by McKinsey Global Institute and the Better Than Cash Alliance
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
700 million new accounts since 2011: The World Bank’s 2014 Global Findex findings
The study looks at how development organizations or government programs can increase the efficiency and scale of transfers, while also forming the building blocks for financial inclusion.