Digitization

Transforming Ethiopia’s Health Sector: Digitizing Payments for Improved Access and Efficiency

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health launched a nationwide Digital Health Payment Initiative in August 2024, aiming to revolutionize healthcare payments by making them more efficient, transparent, and inclusive through digital financial services.

Maximising consumer voices in digital financial services policy-making

This report highlights strategies for advocating fair, safe, and sustainable DFS, addressing issues like resource constraints and the need for technical expertise.

Bridging the Digital Divide: Gender Insights on Remittance Access, Usage, and Financial Health

This report explores the experiences of migrants and their families with international remittance services.

Advancing Digital Public Infrastructure for the Agriculture Sector

This paper highlights the importance of digital public infrastructure (DPI) in transforming agriculture.

Interoperability Between Central Bank Digital Currency Systems and Fast Payment Systems: A Technical Perspective

This report delves into the interoperability between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and fast payment systems (FPS).

2024 Newsletter

Reflecting on digital payments for development, inclusion and transformation in 2024

G20 Brazil Policy Options for Bridging the Last Mile

The Better Than Cash Alliance released the G20 Policy Options to Improve Last Mile Access, offering actionable public policy recommendations to tackle systemic barriers to financial inclusion.

Leveraging digital public infrastructures for the common good

This working paper explores the challenges and opportunities of leveraging DPI to support Brazil’s economic transformation, building on Brazil’s history of digital transformation initiatives.

Playbook On Digital Social Protection Delivery Systems

This playbook provides a comprehensive framework for designing and implementing digital social protection delivery systems (DSPDS).

Responsible Digital Payments for All

UNDP Welcomes Better Than Cash Alliance and Introduces New Alliance Managing Director

Strategic Partnership to Enhance Financial Inclusion and Digital Payment Solutions

UNDP welcomes the Better Than Cash Alliance to accelerate financial inclusion through responsible digital payments

The Better Than Cash Alliance has transitioned from UNCDF to join UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub

Call to Action: Health for All through Responsible Digital Payments

Despite global technological advancements, healthcare costs continue to push millions into extreme poverty every year. …

Accelerating digital payments through whole-of-government approach

The Trust Quotient: An ASEAN Policy Toolkit for Unlocking Responsible Digital Payments for Micro-Merchants

Real-world experiences from micro-merchants across ASEAN that highlight the factors that build or erode trust in DFS.

Digital payments, informality and economic growth

This paper finds that as digital payments increase, economic growth improves. Specifically, a 1% rise in digital payment usage leads to a 0.10% increase in GDP per capita growth over two years.

The Promises of Digital Bank Accounts for Low-income Individuals

This report examines the impact of transitioning beneficiaries of a large-scale cash transfer program from cash to direct deposits into digital bank accounts.

Our Work on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)

DPI, encompassing digital payments, identification, and data exchange, can significantly accelerate financial inclusion and economic growth. By enabling secure, scalable, and interoperable systems, DPI reduces costs, enhances security, and expands access to underserved populations.

Building Africa’s digital future