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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Sierra Leone’s experience shows the critical importance of preparing early for digital payments before crises hit.
This case study sets out key lessons from Sierra Leone’s experience using digital payments to help combat Ebola.
This report assesses the challenges and opportunities of responsibly digitizing the delivery of humanitarian payments through an exploration of five key technologies.
The case studies reveal how each country developed their programme, current delivery & payment, and the costs and benefits of using e-payments.
In Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) turned to digital payments to deliver food aid and has experienced many benefits by transitioning to e-vouchers and mobile money.
New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace.
The ability to make and receive payments electronically has emerged, in recent years, as a technology hero during natural disasters and health pandemics. At a time when more people than ever…
Join the Better Than Cash Alliance and our partners for an online discussion about safety and transparency in digital payments.
There is an urgent need and powerful opportunity to further boost the outreach, efficiency, and efficacy of digital humanitarian payments through enhanced coordination between UN agencies.
The Better Than Cash Alliance (BTCA) is supporting the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) work with the authorities in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to coordinate payments for thousands of treatment centre staff, lab technicians, contacts tracers and burial teams.
World Economic Forum recognises electronic payments as a driver for financial inclusion
This webinar responds to the question of how governments and humanitarian agencies can manage the risks associated with COVID-19 response payments, ensure women’s inclusion, and improve communications with recipients.
Urgent measures needed to address climate vulnerability impacting 3.6 billion people, particularly women and marginalized groups.
Insights from the 2023 HLPF expert roundtable
Study concludes Mexico’s savings and other benefits and provides tangible lessons for other nations
This blog post was originally published in the Huffington Post…