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.
Leading Corporations, Foundations and Development Organizations Form ‘Better Than Cash Alliance’…
This report from Centre for Strategic and International Studies makes a strong case for digital payments for equity, development and security.
A third of adults struggle to get by without basic financial services to protect against hardship and save for the future. Ruth Goodwin-Groen, of the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, expl…
Malawi Announces Commitment to Transition to Electronic Payments…
The paper presents detailed insights from 15 years of financial inclusion research to highlight the importance of fintech, including proposing product development ideas for Fintech players, to better serve developing world market.
Findings illustrate how the private and public sector could work together to modernize economies, improve transparency and support financial inclusion and growth.
The Better Than Cash Alliance Is Out to Create a “Cash Lite” World…
This new case study features an examination of the nonprofit organization One Acre Fund (OAF) which teaches better crop management techniques and provides inputs on credit to smallholder farmers throughout East Africa.
Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)
The report charts the story of mobile money covering a decade of progress, industry lessons,impact and the future of the industry.
Communiqué de presse de l’Agence de la Couverture Maladie Universelle du Sénégal (ACMU)…
One of the most important tools on Everline Wakhungu’s farm is her mobile phone….
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.
This report examines the successful lessons from Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Thailand case studies of “gazelles", that leapt from limitation to innovation by successfully enabling the deployment of e-money technology.
The report studies the adoption of Mobile money in Kenya and highlights how Mobile money has resulted in reduction of poverty in Kenya.