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Ethiopia’s National Digital Payments Strategy 2021-2024

An inclusive digital payment ecosystem is a key enabler to make Digital Ethiopia a reality by 2025 and advance the Sustainable Development Goals

Looking Ahead - Ethiopia launches new digital payments strategy to catalyze inclusive growth

To speed up Ethiopia’s journey towards digital transformation, the Government of Ethiopia is launching today the first-ever digital payments strategy.

India Digital Payments Learning Exchange Series

Better Than Cash Alliance organized a peer exchange learning series to highlight the central and state government initiatives and facilitate peer learning to accelerate service delivery and digital financial inclusion.

UNCDF: Inclusive Digital Economies and Gender Equality Playbook

A practical guide to leveraging a market system development approach to decrease the digital and financial gender divide.

Generating potential government cost savings of US$1.1 billion

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.

GSMA: The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2021

The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2021 highlights how the mobile gender gap continues to improve in South Asia, but less so in other regions.

World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives

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.

COVID-19 Payments: Managing Risks, Ensuring Women’s Inclusion, and Communicating Clearly

IFC: Women and e-commerce in Africa

In Africa, the number of online shoppers has increased by an average of 18% every year since 2014. IFC’s report shows that closing earnings gaps between women and men on e-commerce platforms could add over $280 billion to the value of Africa’s e-commerce market.

IFC: Women and e-commerce in Southeast Asia

This report from IFC, the 1st large-scale use of platform data in the region, shows that growth could be higher with greater investment in women entrepreneurs.

Digitizing workers’ payments for economic recovery and decent work Example: Senegal

This study presents a unique perspective, comparing concrete experiences from large companies to small- and medium-sized businesses.

West Africa launches new payments digitization agenda

Media release from the Better Than Cash Alliance, the World Bank and the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD)

USAID: The Gender Digital Divide Working toward a global digital ecosystem for all

Analyzing the Gender Digital Divide with country examples/data from India, Senegal & Indonesia

FEATURED: Celebrating Leading Women in Rwanda’s e-Commerce Space

Queen Maxima gives speech about financial equality for International Women’s Day

Reaching Financial Equality for Women (2021 edition)

A 10-point action plan for governments and businesses to rebuild stronger after COVID-19 by prioritizing women’s digital financial inclusion