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.
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Interoperability drives global digital inclusion. Over 25% more adults access government payments, but siloed systems hinder seamless transactions.
A guide and self-assessment tool for policymakers in various stages of digital development.
Alliance’s work in action
New data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 confirms the centrality of digital payments in reaching financial equality for all.
India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) joins the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance
Successful digitization of P2G payments and its widespread adoption by users is achievable - but depends on the alignment of various important factors.
This guidance note examines key aspects of central bank digital currency (CBDC) design and implementation, and implications for financial systems worldwide.
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
Building capacity within government agencies that champion digital payments
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Scaling digitization of payments for small and micro merchants by convening key stakeholders to co-create solutions.
The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the Sustainable Development Goals within reach
The COVID-19 crisis is having a significant and widespread effect on global payments across sectors. The most striking and potentially lasting impact is an accelerating pace of change in the industry.
Over the past five years, mobile money has gained traction in South Asia, which is experiencing an average annual growth rate of 46 percent in mobile money accounts—the highest across all regions. For more details check out IMF’s 2019 Financial Access Survey that was released last week
What roles do financial services play in enabling youth education and employment? This CGAP working paper, for policy-makers and funders, outlines the existing evidence and highlights important questions about how to deliver comprehensive and broad-reaching interventions at scale.
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