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The State of the World’s Cash 2023

A report by the CALP Network analyzing the trends, challenges, and opportunities of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in humanitarian aid.
© © 2024 The CALP Network.
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Financing Programs for Women's Financial Inclusion and Access to Finance for Women MSMEs

The survey identifies current public development banks practices, trends and innovations in financing programs targeting women’s financial inclusion.
© Copyright © 2023 Inter-American Development Bank
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Is the Magic Happening? A Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Multiplier of Cash Transfers

Cash transfer programs can have significant impacts on economic growth, poverty reduction, and social protection.
© ©World Bank | worldbank.org
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Open Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean: Great Opportunities, Large Challenges

Lists the benefits of open finance: increased competition, transparency, inclusion; and the challenges of ensuring privacy, security, and consumer rights.

© © 2023 Inter-American Development Bank ("IDB") | www.iadb.org
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Monetary Policy Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies: Perspectives on Jurisdictions with Conventional and Islamic Banking Systems

Monetary policy implications of CBDCs in diverse banking systems.

© © International Monetary Fund | imf.org
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People are on the move: Can the world of CVA keep up? Analysis of the use of CVA in the context of human mobility in the Americas

A new vision for the implementation of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in contexts of human mobility.
© Cover photo: 30 March 202. Honduras, San Pedro Sula, Cortés Department. © Julian-Frank/WFP.
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Jordan: Retail Central Bank Digital Currency Exploration

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.
© © International Monetary Fund | imf.org
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CBDC: Expanding Financial Inclusion or Deepening the Divide?

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.
© ©MIT Digital Currency Initiative | https://dci.mit.edu
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World Bank: Global Findex

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.
© ©The Global Findex Database 2021 | worldbank.org
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World Bank: Fintech and the Future of Finance

This report explores implications of financial services’ digital transformation for market outcomes - and regulation and supervision - and how these interact.
© ©World Bank
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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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World Bank - Central Bank Digital Currency : A Payments Perspective

This guidance note examines key aspects of central bank digital currency (CBDC) design and implementation, and implications for financial systems worldwide.
© ©World Bank
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World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives

The latest edition of the World Development Report from the World Bank provides a blueprint on how to harness the power of data for development, to ensure no one is left behind.
© The World Bank
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Instant Secure Mobile Payment Scheme

The paper proposes a new communication network, Speed PAy, that jointly connects the banks together and allows the customers to process all kind of transactions with the use of their cell phones and without the need for a new SIM.

© © Better Than Cash Alliance
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Leveraging Digital Financial Solutions to Promote Formal Business Participation

This paper explores economic informality and how it relates to digital financial inclusion. It focuses specifically on the potential role that digital financial services–including those accessed through mobile phones and the internet can play in encouraging businesses to formalize their operations.
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Strategies for fintechs in the Pacific 

New IMF paper outlines policy strategies to help promote financial inclusion through fintechs in the Pacific Island countries. It calls on governments to close regulatory gaps and enhance digital and financial literacy while urging fintechs to take a regional approach to overcome scalability constraints.
© © Better Than Cash Alliance
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Role of education in financial inclusion of women 

Columbia University paper finds that even when they are given the opportunity, many of India’s poor women opt out of actively engaging with the formal banking institutions. It finds that education is a significant determinant in shaping the financial decisions of India’s poor women.
© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
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Perspectives from SME banking leaders

IFC report aggregates responses from 114 SME banking executives serving more than 17.5 million small businesses.

© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
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Telecom vs. banking-led models of financial inclusion 

Low incomes, costs incurred in account ownership, distance from a bank, financial illiteracy and lack of relevant documentation explain low levels of financial inclusion in both India and Africa. In this brief, experts from the Overseas Development Institute discuss what both regions can learn from each other’s efforts to tackle these issues.
© ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Frederic Courbet
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In South-East Asia, Grab and Gojek bring banking to the masses

Why should retailers shift to digital payments? An average digital payments user of Grab, a ride-hailing service, makes twice as many transactions than those who use cash and is 30% more lik…
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