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The Cost of Cash to Ghana’s Cocoa Sector

Digital payments can help make the sector more efficient, transparent, and secure for companies and people alike.

Senegal: tech helps boost access to health to leave poverty behind

The Role of Digital Financial Inclusion in Preparing for Older Age and Retirements

This paper, jointly released by the Better Than Cash Alliance and the World Bank, summarizes and analyzes the financial challenges faced by older adults.

Senegal: Digitizing payments could add FCFA 104 billion to GDP every year

Country Diagnostic: Senegal

This diagnostic report shows that Senegal has a strong potential for digitizing payments.

Factories paying workers digitally are five times more likely to provide good social and labor practices

Sierra Leone: Digitizing revenue collection is the next frontier

Lessons from Rwanda: Harnessing public-private partnerships to drive payment digitization

The Digital Payments Opportunity: A Conversation

New UN report reveals momentum for digital payments in Ghana could save over GHS 1 billion within next four years

UN study: Digitization of Kenyan farmer payments helps tackle poverty

Interview with Maha Bahou, Central Bank of Jordan “Our strategy is national, not institutional”

Social Networks, e-Commerce Platforms, and the Growth of Digital Payment Ecosystems in China: What it Means for Other Countries

This report examines two of China’s most far-reaching applications – WeChat and Alipay – and explores their role in the development of one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated digital payments ecosystems.

Country Diagnostic: Bangladesh

This Diagnostic Report shows Bangladesh is making significant strides toward a digital economy, and outlines specific policy measures that can underpin further digitization of payments into the future.

New United Nations Report Reveals Bangladesh’s Progress on Digital Finance As Key Leaders Meet to Discuss Future Steps

New United Nations Study Shines Spotlight on Peru’s Progress on Digital Finance

New United Nations Study: Digital payments could boost tax revenue by nearly US$500 million each year and drive economic modernization in Tanzania

Digital payments are key implementation tool for Global Goals, say EU leaders

India’s digital payments revolution

Mexico’s route to financial inclusion begins with commitment to reduce the use of cash