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[Webinar] Digital Payments in Ebola Response: Lessons for the COVID-19 Crisis

The Better Than Cash Alliance hosted a webinar to highlight key lessons from Sierra Leone’s use of digital payments in their Ebola response, which shaped the outcome of the crisis in West Africa.
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Webinar > Digital Payments in Ebola Response: Lessons for the COVID-19 Crisis

The Better Than Cash Alliance will host a webinar to highlight key lessons from Sierra Leone’s use of digital payments in their Ebola response, which shaped the outcome of the crisis in West Africa.

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Alliance Reports >> Case Study

Saving Money, Saving Lives: A Case Study on the Benefits of Digitizing Payments to Ebola Response Workers in Sierra Leone

This case study sets out key lessons from Sierra Leone’s experience using digital payments to help combat Ebola.
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New United Nations study finds digital payments to Ebola response workers saved lives and $10 million

Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
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Done Right, Digital Finance Could Transform Humanitarian Response

Originally published on CGAP.org
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The importance of partnerships in humanitarian response

Crises of all sorts, from conflicts to natural disasters to health emergencies, are happening at unprecedented rates around the world — so much so that the United Nations convened the first World Humanitarian Summit this week.
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Global Resources >> Toolkits

Responsible Practices to Address Seven Major Risks in COVID-19 Digital Financial Transfers Toolkit

The Report Responsible Practices to Address Seven Major Risks in COVID-19 Digital Financial Transfers identifies seven heightened risks resulting from the speed and scale of COVID-19 digital transfer responses.

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Improving climate resilience & disaster response through digital payments: Insights from the 2023 HLPF expert roundtable

Insights from the 2023 HLPF expert roundtable
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UNECA and Better Than Cash Alliance have partnered to launch pan-African peer exchange series on responsible digital payments

The “Digitizing Government Payments Amid COVID-19" series
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[Webinar] Responsible Digital Payments during COVID-19: Insights from Jordan, Peru and Ghana

Government members of the Better Than Cash Alliance, Jordan, Peru and Ghana shared key insights on how they are delivering digital payments responsibly to the most vulnerable during a time of crisis. This webinar demonstrated how integrating the Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines in payment responses is possible at a time like this, and why it is an important building block for recovery.
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LEARNING SERIES >> Responsible G2P: User-centricity to drive usage of digital payments

Prioritizing women, deepening digital infrastructure, designing for users, and building trust drive usage of digital financial services

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2020 highlights: Accelerating responsible digital payments for COVID-19 relief

The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the SDGs within reach.
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Accelerating responsible digital payments for COVID-19 relief

The devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have heightened the need for proven solutions to keep the Sustainable Development Goals within reach
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[Webinar] Public-private collaboration in COVID-19 emergency payments response: Lessons from Colombia

How has Colombia provided digital financial transfers to nearly 3 million households severely affected by the pandemic?

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Webinar Recording > Public-Private Collaboration in COVID-19 Emergency Digital Payments Response

Guest speakers highlighted Colombia’s experience in providing digital transfers to nearly 3 million households.
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Webinar invite > Public-Private Collaboration in COVID-19 Emergency Digital Payments Response

How has Colombia provided digital financial transfers to nearly 3 million households affected by the pandemic?

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IRC: Financial transfers an essential part of humanitarian response

The 2015 Annual report of International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) highlights their work on the frontlines of Syrian crisis.

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Partnering During Crisis: The Shared Value of Partnerships between Mobile Network Operators and Humanitarian Organisations

This research offers evidence to help MNOs make informed decisions about engaging in partnerships with humanitarian organisations, and to help humanitarian actors better understand their MNO partners and build successful long-term partnerships.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines

Below are the questions we often get asked about our Responsible Digital Payments Guidelines:…
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Share Your Thoughts: What Are “Responsible” Digital Payments?

The Better Than Cash Alliance and UNCDF participated a meeting of the Responsible Finance Community of Practice (CoP) on June 25th 2013 in Berlin, Germany.