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 paper suggests pathways forward to help realize these benefits, with specific recommendations.
This report presents a powerful new demonstration of how digital payments can transform millions of lives for the better.
Report by the Better Than Cash Alliance, Women’s World Banking, and the World Bank Group for the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion under the Saudi G20 Presidency
The purpose of this report is to share key lessons and tools that are critical to launching and scaling successful responsible digital payments initiatives in Ghana’s cocoa value chain.
New report reveals the cocoa sector in Ghana faces avoidable costs and inefficiencies representing 19% of revenues.
New digitization study recommends strengthening cash assistance collaboration across UN agencies & partners, to improve coordination and harmonization.
This diagnostic report shows that Senegal has a strong potential for digitizing payments.
Endorsed by G20 Heads of State and Government, this guidance note supports the implementation of the G20 High-Level Principles for Digital Financial Inclusion in the context of inclusive digital payments ecosystems, reflecting lessons drawn from policy development and implementation initiatives undertaken in several countries.
Construyendo sobre bases sólidas: un camino para el avance de los pagos de gobierno a nivel subnacional en el Perú
This paper reviews 25 countries where digitization has had great impact and reveals 10 tangible steps, or “accelerators,” that governments and companies can take to build inclusive digital economies.
A report by the World Bank Development Research Group, the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Women’s World Banking to the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion.
The purpose of this working paper is to set out the key components and stakeholders in a digital payments ecosystem (DPE).
Nandan Nilekani-led high-level panel submitted its report on deepening digital payments in India. It calls for pivoting the ecosystem from issuance to acceptance and shares practical recommendations for doing that. The report refers to 6 Alliance publications.
With an aim to create a cash-lite economy, the Reserve Bank of India has published its “Payments System Vision 2021.” The document can be a useful resource for members like Ghana who are wor…
In this report, McKinsey Global Institute discusses the opportunities and challenges in setting up a good digital ID system. It also features case studies on Nigeria, Ethiopia and India. …
How can we gainfully engage the private sector to strengthen digital finance ecosystems? New USAID Playbook shares 5 objectives and 10 illustrative plays, including examples, that are extrem…
What four factors determine the digital money readiness of an economy? What measures can our member governments take to improve their ability to adopt digital payments widely? Read the lates…
The mobile money industry is now processing a billion dollars a day and generating direct revenues of over $2.4 billion. With 690 million registered accounts worldwide, mobile money has evol…
This report finds and discusses that contrary to a popular narrative of competition between the legacy providers and newcomers in the market, financial institutions view fintechs as great partners for innovation and envisions more such partnerships as institutions learn from successful cases.
Today, over half of the world population lives in cities. By 2050, this number will increase to two-thirds. In this context, this study looks at the net benefits associated with adopting digital payments at the city-level.