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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A report by the CALP Network analyzing the trends, challenges, and opportunities of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in humanitarian aid.
The survey identifies current public development banks practices, trends and innovations in financing programs targeting women’s financial inclusion.
The report shows that the Generation Equality initiative has mobilized new funding, partnerships, policies, programs, and advocacy initiatives to accelerate change and deliver results for women and girls.
This brief reviews the use of digital technology in G2P payments to women in India.
Cash transfer programs can have significant impacts on economic growth, poverty reduction, and social protection.
Lists the benefits of open finance: increased competition, transparency, inclusion; and the challenges of ensuring privacy, security, and consumer rights.
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.
This paper reviews the current landscape of funders, academic research, and financial service providers working on the intersection of gender, climate change, and financial inclusion.
Monetary policy implications of CBDCs in diverse banking systems.
Report on Paraguay’s COVID-19 policy response, digital financial services, and women’s financial inclusion.
A new vision for the implementation of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in contexts of human mobility.
Recommendations for better implementation of digital and financial programs, products, and services for women.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyzed the retail payments markets of Jordan to identify pain points that retail Central Bank Digital Currency (rCBDC) could address.
A resource on how to design a digital currency that expands financial inclusion and operates in the public interest rather than one that exacerbates or even creates a new digital divide for currency.
A toolkit for policymakers and regulators to formulate, design, and implement gender-transformative policies for financial products and services.
This special report provides high-level policy recommendations to advance financial inclusion for forcibly displaced women.
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2022” presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals.
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) explores improvements in women entrepreneur’s financial and economic opportunities in developing countries.
World Bank’s Global Findex is a definitive source on access to financial services. 2021 findings show the account ownership gender gap has narrowed globally.
This report explores implications of financial services’ digital transformation for market outcomes - and regulation and supervision - and how these interact.