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Strengthening Digital Financial Inclusion in Government-to-Person Payments to Women: Lessons for Emerging Economies

This brief reviews the use of digital technology in G2P payments to women in India.

© ORF | orfonline.org
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How to prioritize women for financial equality and inclusive economies

This brief offers actionable recommendations for the key steps that policymakers and other stakeholders can take to prioritize women in their efforts toward digital financial inclusion.
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Strategies and Initiatives on Digital Financial Inclusion: Lessons from Experiences of APEC Economies

Robust digital infrastructure, including internet connectivity and identification, encourages digital financial transactions.
© © APEC | apec.org
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Instant Payments: Regulatory Innovation and Payment Substitution Across Countries

This report analyzes the role of regulators in promoting instant payments and identifies instances of payment instrument substitution.

© © 2022 International Monetary Fund | imf.org
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Sustaining digital payments growth: Winning models in emerging markets

An article by McKinsey that explores which digital payments models are best placed to gain momentum in emerging markets and what innovations may lie on the horizon.
© ©Sustaining digital payments growth: Winning models in emerging markets | mckinsey.com
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World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery

The World Bank analyzes how COVID-19 is affecting emerging economies and how to mitigate interconnected financial risks to achieve an equitable recovery.
© ©World Bank Group
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The platform economy: Southeast Asia’s digital growth catalyst

This inaugural study from the Tech for Good Institute presents data-based insights and public-private perspectives on how to support the platform economy’s growth in Southeast Asia while mitigating its risks.
© ©leszekglasner/Adobestock
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UNCDF: Inclusive Digital Economies and Gender Equality Playbook

A practical guide to leveraging a market system development approach to decrease the digital and financial gender divide.
© ©UNCDF
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Informal Sector and Mobile Financial Services in Developing Countries: Does Financial Innovation Matter?

This paper investigates the impact of mobile financial services - MFS (mobile money, and mobile credit and savings) on the informal sector using data from 101 emerging and developing countries over the period 2000-15.

© © Better Than Cash Alliance
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Southeast Asia internet economy hits $100 billion

The Bain & Company report shows that two Alliance members, Indonesia and Vietnam, are growing the fastest and the adoption of digital payments in the region is expected to cross $1 trillion by 2025.
© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
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Digital Economy Blueprint: Kenya

Kenya’s “Digital Economy Blueprint” provides a conceptual framework for setting up a successful digital economy in the country. The document identifies and explores five pillars of focus and is relevant for our work not just in Kenya but across Africa.
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Emerging trends in managing payment fraud

Based on surveys from 566 business leaders, a new VISA report finds that the top 3 (payments-related) fraud concerns are ID verification, data privacy, and transaction monitoring. It calls for taking a more holistic approach to fraud management which involves a mix of new technologies and new skills.
© © Better Than Cash Alliance
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Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor, October 2018: A New Economy in Middle East and North Africa

This report lays out the principles for a new digital economy for MENA that embraces innovation and entrepreneurship, youth and women economic empowerment, rekindling the role of State, etc.
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Is mobile payment still relevant in the fintech era?

This study analyzes whether mobile payments are still relevant for the fintech industry by comparing three mobile payment projects – Oi Paggo in Brazil, TCASH in Indonesia, and M-PESA in Kenya.

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A Case Study on Monetary Fraud in a Cashless Economy

A case study on three countries Sweden, United States and India is conducted to survey variations in costs for cash and card instruments in economies that have varying extents of cash in cir…
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Mobile money

This review provides an overview of the operations and impacts of mobile money in the developing world and discussing what the future of mobile money in developing economies may look like.
© © Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Merchant payments: VAS playbook

This playbook discusses the various potential Value Added Services that could increase uptake of mobile retail payments in Tanzania and similar emerging markets.
© © Mastercard
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Finclusion to Fintech: Fintech Product Development for Low-Income Markets

The paper presents detailed insights from 15 years of financial inclusion research to highlight the importance of fintech, including proposing product development ideas for Fintech players, to better serve developing world market.
© © Better Than Cash Alliance
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Digital Planet 2017: How Competitiveness and Trust in Digital Economies Vary Across the World

Today, over half of the world population lives in cities. By 2050, this number will increase to two-thirds. In this context, this study looks at the net benefits associated with adopting digital payments at the city-level.
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Digital Finance for All: Powering Inclusive Growth in Emerging Economies (McKinsey)

In this report, McKinsey takes a comprehensive approach to quantifying the economic and social imact of digital finance in emerging economies.