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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Rwanda’s impressive economic and social record in recent decades has become one of the success stories of modern African development.
Mexico has been among the forerunners in tax digitalization, starting in the 1980s when it piloted digital Point of Sale (PoS) registration and invoicing.
This report presents a powerful new demonstration of how digital payments can transform millions of lives for the better.
The book outlines a journey from enabling models of government and business to strategies for creating both financial and social inclusion and entrepreneurism as mechanisms for sustainable and inclusive growth.
New Harvard University paper looks at the impact of demonetization on the Indian economy. It finds that, in the near-term, the event led to "temporary reductions in employment, output, and credit." But "there may be potential longer-term benefits" in several areas, including tax collection.
Can digital financial services help bring them into the tax net? The answer is not simple, but quality infrastructure based on RDPGs is an integral part of the puzzle. Read the new World Bank working paper that also includes learnings from Uruguay on this topic.
This study discusses the emergence of bKash as the m-banking pioneer in Bangladesh. It focuses on the services provided by bKash and its current operating scenario in Bangladesh.
This paper aims to identify, analyse and organise the literature about blockchains in supply chain management (SCM) context (blockchain–SCM integration) and proposes an agenda for future research.
This Brookings policy paper, by Prof. Njuguna Ndung'u, argues that instead of increasing the tax base, taxation on mobile phone transactions may end up reversing the adoption of digital payments in Kenya. It says these lessons are also relevant for other African countries considering similar taxes.
As populations age and birth rates decline in many parts of the world, digital solutions have an important role to play in ensuring financial well-being for older adults. Globally, the number of people aged 60 years or over has more than doubled since 1980, and the share of older adults is projected to double again by 2050.
This GSMA study shares lessons from Orange's work in West and Central Africa on implementing Person-to-Government (P2G) payment strategies. It calls for having unifying policies and champions to help promote coordinated and effective P2G payment platforms.
Joint report by the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Center for Global Development, and the Overseas Development Institute, building on work with the International Monetary Fund in 2017.
This World Bank e-book features stories, videos, and pictures that illustrate how digital innovation not only enables access to financial services for low-income people but also serves as an enabler for delivering clean water, solar energy, education, and more. Most of the featured case studies are from our member countries!
In a bid to promote adoption of FASTag, e-toll collection system, the Indian Government is planning to impose a double toll fee if non-FASTag vehicles enter the FASTag lane. As of April, 4.7 million tags have been issued by 22 banks at over 496 state and national toll plazas in the country. Read more.
Nigeria's micro-entrepreneurs will be willing to shift to e-filing of taxes if it: 1) enhances their ability to file taxes; 2) Is easy to use; 3) Is adopted by family and peers. Trust in technology was found to be an insignificant predictor. Read the Gates and UKAid funded working paper here.
This Harvard Business Review article discusses, among other things, how digital transformation has made tax collection more efficient.
Water providers are shifting to digital payments to reduce expenses and streamline delivery. In this report, CGAP and GSMA share lessons learned from 25 organizations, including the challenges they encountered while digitizing payments.
Through an interpretive case study of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan, this paper critically examines mobile banking usage by women beneficiaries and technology's effects on the institutional properties of their households.