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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By taking cash out of the equation, electronic transfers promise a faster, more secure and more transparent (so less corruptible) means of getting help.
Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
Planning: Vision and commitment to make digital payments a national priority
Transportation Series: Blog 1 (Introduction)
Small merchants exert a big influence on the global economy.
Lessons from developing diagnostics and strategies with Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Philippines, and Senegal
Transportation Series: Blog 2…
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The Better Than Cash Alliance is introducing an occasional series on innovations that have the potential to reduce costs in digital payments. The first in this series is an article by Ryan Z…
Transportation Series: Blog 3
The toolkits, available both in French and English, are designed for financial service providers (FSPs) who want to go digital.
Launch of the Pan-African Peer Exchange Series : Digitizing Government Payments Amid Covid-19 organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Better Than Cash Alliance.
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.
The “Digitizing Government Payments Amid COVID-19" series
The Alliance Learning Series is developed to promote a culture of active sharing of learnings with members and other key stakeholders.
The study looks at how development organizations or government programs can increase the efficiency and scale of transfers, while also forming the building blocks for financial inclusion.
Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations
At ACDI/VOCA we see firsthand how technological innovations are revolutionizing approaches to global economic development. This is particularly true for electronic payments. Around 2.5 billi…
The roundtable saw the participation of 20+ stakeholders from 11 African nations.
In this 4-part blog series, we examine key aspects of the transportation sector: tolling, urban transit, and ride-sharing with a focus on emerging economies.