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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During this year’s European Development Days (EDDs), digital technologies and the digitization of payments emerged as key enablers for the implementation of the SDGs.
As the world gets a progress report from the World Bank, the Alliance outlines 10 key reasons to be optimistic about the journey toward full financial inclusion.
The impressive achievements of our Alliance members, working together with the Secretariat, are highlighted in our 2021 Annual Report.
90% des marchands ivoiriens estiment que la gestion du cash est une entrave au bon développement de leurs activités et sont favorables aux paiements digitaux
We explore lessons from working with our member governments to design and execute G2P & humanitarian payments.
New report: Worker payments digitization for economic recovery and decent work.
This webinar captured lessons on delivering vital government-to-person (G2P) payments that expands choice.
This webinar captured lessons on delivering vital G2P payments in a way that expands choice while managing liquidity and cash-out in innovative ways.
A new animation and working paper, developed by the Alliance, seek to better explain inclusive digital payment ecosystems.
This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Malawi, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift.
This diagnostic measures the current state of the transition from cash to electronic payments by estimating volumes and values of payments made in Nigeria, as well as assessing the likelihood of further movement by looking at payment use cases associated with each key shift stage.
This report examines new business models and government initiatives for energy access that rely upon digital payments.
A digital strategy for Ethiopia inclusive prosperity
As part of its growth and anti-poverty policy, the Government of Senegal is carrying out several transport infrastructure projects.
This Guidebook provides an easy-to-use tool to understand how digital finance is helping addressing some of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and includes some interesting use cases from Bangladesh, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Launch of the Pan-African Peer Exchange Series : Digitizing Government Payments Amid Covid-19 organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Better Than Cash Alliance.
Discussed how responsible digital wage payments can contribute to workers’ empowerment, financial inclusion, and sustainable enterprises, creating benefits for workers and employers.
Findings illustrate how the private and public sector could work together to modernize economies, improve transparency and support financial inclusion and growth.