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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: The Impact of Mobile Money on Poverty Toolkit

Mobile money accounts have spread widely in select regions of the developing world, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This Research Brief focuses on the individual and household impacts of mobile money.
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The International Labour Organization commits to expanding the use of responsible digital payments to advance decent work

New partnership will result in promoting digital payments as an important tool to increase security, financial inclusion and economic opportunities in the workplace. …
© ©Better Work - ILO/ IFC
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Senegal: tech helps boost access to health to leave poverty behind

Some African nations lead the world’s e-money businesses. And several are finding that leaving notes and coins behind is not only improving efficiency, safety and transparency, but it is als…
© © Better Than Cash Alliance / Video Positive
Global Resources >> Industry Reports

The Impact of Mobile Money on Poor Rural Households : Experimental Evidence from Uganda

Does access to mobile money help improve livelihood in remote settings? This paper shows that rolling out mobile money agents in Northern Uganda led to cost-savings for remittance transactions. It also shows that access to digital payments doubled the nonfarm self-employment rate and reduced the fraction of households with very low food security. 
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Blockchain: Cutting through the noise

Introduction: Framing of our blog series on distributed ledger technology…
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Distributed Ledger Technology: What Is It and Why Do We Care?

Blockchain Series: Blog 1…
© © WFP
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Distributed Ledgers: Looking Past the Hype

Blockchain Series: Blog 2…
© © Better Than Cash Alliance
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DLT: Keep Calm and Let the Evidence Speak

Blockchain Series: Blog 3…
© © Fairfood Coconut Project
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Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Identity: Prospects and Pitfalls Ahead

Blockchain Series: Blog 4…
© © WFP
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Distributing Production: Can Distributed Ledgers Fuel a New Wave of Supply-Chain Innovation?

Blockchain Series: Blog 5…
© © MM4P
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Paying Across Borders: Can Distributed Ledgers Bring Us Closer Together?

Blockchain Series: Blog 6…
© © Arne Hoel / World Bank
Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Mobile money increasing healthcare access

The article highlights that although health insurance coverage is still low in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, mobile money use have increased access to it.

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Driving to Scale: Bim’s Journey to Digital Financial Inclusion in Peru

Interview with Felipe Vásquez de Velasco, General Manager of Peruvian Digital Payments (PDP)…
© © Pagos Digitales Peruanos (PDP)
Global Resources >> Toolkits

Affordable and Accessible Remittance Services for Refugees: A Toolkit Toolkit

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) developed this toolkit in collaboration with Bankable Frontier Associates (BFA).
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The Digital Payments Opportunity: A Conversation

This blog was originally published on BSR.org…
© © BSR.org
Alliance Reports >> Case Study

Increasing supply chain transparency through digital payments

Gap Inc. has helped improve factory performance and promoted worker well-being by digitizing salaries for factory workers in India.
© © Gap Inc.
Global Resources >> Industry Reports

Mobile banking: A potential catalyst for financial inclusion and growth in Pakistan

This paper traces the history of mobile banking in Pakistan, studies various models of mobile banking and assesses its current state.

© © Better Than Cash Alliance
Global Resources >> Industry Reports

How financial institutions and fintechs are partnering for inclusion: Lessons from the frontlines

This report finds and discusses that contrary to a popular narrative of competition between the legacy providers and newcomers in the market, financial institutions view fintechs as great partners for innovation and envisions more such partnerships as institutions learn from successful cases.
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Interview with Maha Bahou, Central Bank of Jordan “Our strategy is national, not institutional”

Ms. Maha Bahou is the Executive Manager for Payment Systems & Domestic Banking Operations and Financial Inclusion Department at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)….
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Digital Finance and Innovations in Financing Education

The working paper discusses critical challenges in education finance and the innovations in digital finance, which plays an important role on the Sustainable Development Goal for education.