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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Lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal
Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Ingreso Solidario is a COVID-19 social protection programme in Colombia benefitting 3 million households. It shows digital payments can be rapidly dispersed across multiple channels.
This paper suggests pathways forward to help realize these benefits, with specific recommendations.
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde is to be applauded for her recent leadership in the fight against corruption, and her recognition that there is an increasingly limited role for cash …
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The Republic of Moldova has joined the UN-housed Better Than Cash Alliance to make digital payments for all public services a reality by 2020. …
Crossposted from the original post that appeared in The Economist Intelligence Unit…