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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This book analyzes advances in women’s economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh.
Blockchain Series: Blog 4
Here are highlights on how our global partnership ignited progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals through shifting to digital payments.
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New report underscores benefits of shifting from cash to digital payments in corporate supply chains.
The National Dairy Development Board digitized its payments to dairy farmers – unlocking significant business and social benefits.
Gap Inc. has helped improve factory performance and promoted worker well-being by digitizing salaries for factory workers in India.
Leading apparel companies have collaborated with each other on the BSR Herfinance program to improve worker well-being through payroll digitization.
Joins UN-based Better than Cash Alliance to Promote Financial Inclusion and Greater Supply Chain Transparency and Efficiency…
The mobile money industry is now processing a billion dollars a day and generating direct revenues of over $2.4 billion. With 690 million registered accounts worldwide, mobile money has evol…
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
Finance Ministers of the economies of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) endorsed the new Better Than Cash Alliance report on the role of digital payments in sustainable agriculture on 21st October, in Viet Nam.
Today, over half of the world population lives in cities. By 2050, this number will increase to two-thirds. In this context, this study looks at the net benefits associated with adopting digital payments at the city-level.
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.
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The report charts the story of mobile money covering a decade of progress, industry lessons,impact and the future of the industry.
This report covers overview and constraints of setting up a social protection system for informal workers in Asia. It also includes interesting case studies of some Asian countries including Bangladesh, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Philippines.