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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El Gobierno de la India se une a la Alianza Better Than Cash de las Naciones Unidas para compartir los éxitos del programa de inclusión financiera más grande del mundo…
The Report Responsible Practices to Address Seven Major Risks in COVID-19 Digital Financial Transfers identifies seven heightened risks resulting from the speed and scale of COVID-19 digital transfer responses.
This resource, comprising 9 overarching principles, serves as a guide for governments, companies & international orgs embracing responsible digital payments.
The wins our Alliance had in transition to digital payments
By joining our global partnership, Indonesia is committed to accelerating the transition from cash to digital payments and has encouraged fellow APEC countries to follow suit.
G20 leaders endorse our guidance document
A new Better Than Cash Alliance and World Bank paper outlines factors for the financial exclusion of the elderly and explores how digital financial technology can help governments better prepare for global aging challenges.
The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been severely affected by COVID-19, with a regional GDP contraction of 6.7%** according to the World Bank.
Through an interpretive case study of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan, this paper critically examines mobile banking usage by women beneficiaries and technology’s effects on the institutional properties of their households.
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.
Communiqué de presse du Gouvernement du Sénégal, l’Alliance Better Than Cash et MM4P…
The paper summarizes existing e-information services in India and discusses some of the main factors limiting access to information services such as irrelevant information, high level of illiteracy, unaffordable etc
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post
The McKinsey Global Institute has mapped 15 gender-equality indicators for 95 countries and finds that 40 of them have high or extremely high levels of gender inequality on at least half of the indicators.
It can be argued from the data analyzed that the factors which undermine the use of ICTs to improve government efficiency, effectiveness and public service delivery in Jamaica include: techn…
Including more women in the informal sector specifically leads to countless benefits besides increased economic growth. Studies show that when a woman controls her own finances, she invests …