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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The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) explores improvements in women entrepreneur’s financial and economic opportunities in developing countries.
World Bank’s Global Findex is a definitive source on access to financial services. 2021 findings show the account ownership gender gap has narrowed globally.
The World Bank analyzes how COVID-19 is affecting emerging economies and how to mitigate interconnected financial risks to achieve an equitable recovery.
OECD draws on guidance and good practices from 40 experts & world leaders, including the Alliance, on how to achieve a just & equitable digital transformation.
OECD offers detailed, comparable data on private philanthropy’s contribution to development, and its role in supporting a sustainable COVID-19 recovery.
The twelfth annual Financial Access Survey (FAS) reveals considerable expansion in the usage of digital financial services during COVID-19.
This report from Centre for Strategic and International Studies makes a strong case for digital payments for equity, development and security.
‘Harnessing the true power of capital: Unlocking the growth potential of the last mile’, details recent achievements and future challenges in accelerating SDG achievement in LDCs.
The latest edition of the World Development Report from the World Bank provides a blueprint on how to harness the power of data for development, to ensure no one is left behind.
The book outlines a journey from enabling models of government and business to strategies for creating both financial and social inclusion and entrepreneurism as mechanisms for sustainable and inclusive growth.
New World Bank Findex note discusses the many ways in which young people in Sub-Saharan Africa are using formal financial services for entrepreneurship.
This paper identifies and discusses principles and applications of Blockchain that enhance trust, transparency, and auditability in Social Business (SB) activities. It outlines the challenges related to creating a native cryptocurrency for SB, and barriers to infrastructure and technology adoption by different SB stakeholders.
This USAID guide aims to: 1) illustrate how investments in ID systems impact individuals and their households; and 2) provide specific how-to guidance to help donors, program managers, and M&E specialists get started in thinking about ID ecosystems.
Does access to mobile money help improve livelihood in remote settings? This paper shows that rolling out mobile money agents in Northern Uganda led to cost-savings for remittance transactions. It also shows that access to digital payments doubled the nonfarm self-employment rate and reduced the fraction of households with very low food security.
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.
The participation of many underprivileged social clusters in the financial services sector has invariably been problematic in South Africa. This may be attributed to the country’s laws and p…
Water providers are shifting to digital payments to reduce expenses and streamline delivery. In this report, CGAP and GSMA share lessons learned from 25 organizations, including the challeng…
This report lays out the principles for a new digital economy for MENA that embraces innovation and entrepreneurship, youth and women economic empowerment, rekindling the role of State, etc.
This paper provides examples of how digitization in Kenya has supported the economy via a retail electronic payments system, financial inclusion, increased financial sector vibrancy, and pushed GDP growth with it.
The global economy is experiencing important technological shifts, with the rise of digital technology a key driver. This can be seen today in the rapid growth of the digital economy, broadl…