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 IFC and We-Fi learning brief introduces how gender equality can be advanced within the distribution activities of the FMCG sector.
This ILO brief gives an overview of the different considerations to maximize the potential of digital wage payments.
This paper follows a quasi-experimental research design to assess the impact of the electronic payment system of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) programme.
This research offers evidence to help MNOs make informed decisions about engaging in partnerships with humanitarian organisations, and to help humanitarian actors better understand their MNO partners and build successful long-term partnerships.
This paper looks at the impact of introducing debit cards for conditional cash transfers in urban areas of Mexico.
This guidance note outlines the most significant challenges that MNOs face (or likely to face) in the context of supporting the delivery of humanitarian assistance in a COVID-19 world and offers relevant recommendations to governments on how to help address or mitigate these challenges.
This article outlines ways governments can step in to ensure mobile services help the world’s most vulnerable communities fight the pandemic and access essential support.
The G2PX initiative brings expertise across sectors to contribute to the broader agenda of improving government-to-person payments through digitization.
The Mastercard New Payments Index, conducted across 18 markets including Colombia, India, Kenya and Mexico, shows 93% of people will consider using at least one emerging payment method in the next year.
This study by Visa provides insights into the benefits of digital payments for micro and small businesses in India, Indonesia, Mexico and Nigeria.
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 Mobile Gender Gap Report 2021 highlights how the mobile gender gap continues to improve in South Asia, but less so in other regions.
Mastercard & Kearney explore the path to creating stronger, more resilient small businesses through and beyond COVID-19.
Open source software can be a powerful tool in responsibly building digital economies. Public Digitals’s latest research outlining conditions for success for governments looking to adopt the technology.
A practical guide to leveraging a market system development approach to decrease the digital and financial gender divide.
‘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.
This report from Centre for Strategic and International Studies makes a strong case for digital payments for equity, development and security.
Catalyzing an ecosystem for action to address the impacts of climate change among the world’s most vulnerable
The End of Financial Marginalization Is in Sight: Here’s the Roadmap
The market- building approach discuses the virtous cycle tied to digital payment platforms proliferate, increase in value proposition, a broad customer base and yet more innovative services tailored to the needs of people previously unbanked.