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In remote areas of Nepal, rural communities, and especially the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups, do not have access to formal financial services. However, the Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme took up the challenge of generating access to finance and…
The authors use data from a leading fintech firm in Korea, including transaction-level data on international remittance payments to developing Asia and referral data among users, to study the role of social networks in helping low-income workers optimize their use…
This report seeks to identify the barriers to expanding access to and usage of formal financial services in Jamaica, with a view to remedying them.
Using random forest estimation, the authors identify 14 key predictors out of 190 variables with the largest predictive power for micro, small, and medium-sized retailer (MSMR) adoption and usage of digital payments. Using conditional inference trees, they study the importance…
This report shares the impact of a wage digitization pilot initiative at Lotus Garments Group, a clothing manufacturer in Egypt. The initiative, the result of a partnership between Mastercard, Levi Strauss & Co and BSR’s HERproject, supported over 8,700 workers…
Drawing on the experience of the HERproject Digital Wages Program, this report sets out three possible future scenarios of how digital wages may evolve for women garment workers in Bangladesh over the next 10 years. It offers recommendations for action…
These Principles, developed by the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance, define who needs to be responsible, what it means to be responsible and how to be responsible. They are not intended to provide a technical analysis of what each…
This document provides an overview of how countries have leveraged the spread of digital technologies and infrastructure to improve governance, including by digitizing identification systems, social safety net services such as unconditional cash payments, and government response during emergencies (including…
This document summarizes the relationship between access to digital financial services and women’s economic empowerment. Topics include the mechanisms through which that access can help expand the breadth of women’s support networks, expedite transfers during periods of need, empower women…
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