The opportunities and challenges of digitizing government-to-person payments

L Klapper, D Singer - The World Bank Research Observer, 2017 - academic.oup.com
This paper reviews evidence on the benefits and challenges faced by governments
migrating from cash to digital (electronic) government-to-person (G2P) payments. When …

[图书][B] The Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring financial inclusion and the fintech revolution

A Demirguc-Kunt, L Klapper, D Singer, S Ansar - 2018 - books.google.com
In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—
launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set on how …

[图书][B] Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D)

R Heeks - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in developing countries; Internet and broadband
access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) …

[图书][B] Justice and natural resources: An egalitarian theory

C Armstrong - 2017 - books.google.com
Our world is increasingly marked by climate change, environmental degradation, and
conflict over precious resources such as oil, water, and land. In each case, access to …

Confronting stillbirths and newborn deaths in areas of conflict and political instability: a neglected global imperative

PH Wise, GL Darmstadt - Paediatrics and International Child …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Despite considerable improvements in reproductive and newborn health
throughout the world, relatively poor outcomes persist in areas plagued by conflict or …

'NO! We don't have a joint account': mobile telephony, mBanking, and gender inequality in the lives of married women in western rural Kenya

LJ Komen, R Ling - Information, Communication & Society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines how mobile communication and mobile banking is used by women in
rural western Kenya (Elgeyo Marakwet), a resource-constrained area where women must …

The nexus between mobile money regulation, innovative technology and the promotion of financial inclusion in Zimbabwe

H Chitimira, E Torerai - Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal …, 2021 - ajol.info
The advent of mobile money innovations has given people in rural areas, informal
settlements and other poor communities an opportunity to participate in Zimbabwe's …

[PDF][PDF] Mobile payments: How digital finance is transforming agriculture

LH Babcock - CTA Value chains and trade series, 2015 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Leading up to the 2014 Fin4Ag–Revolutionising finance for agri-value chains international
conference, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) …

[图书][B] The social media revolution: An economic encyclopedia of friending, following, texting, and connecting

J Hanson - 2016 - books.google.com
Social media shapes the ways in which we communicate, think about friends, and hear
about news and current events. It also affects how users think of themselves, their …

[PDF][PDF] The mobile phone revolution and digital inequality: scope, determinants and consequences

P Roessler - Prosperity Comm Backgr Pap Ser, 2018 - pathwayscommission.bsg.ox.ac.uk
In the 21st century, the digital economy is one of the most important drivers of global
economic growth and innovation. Infrastructure, hardware and software that enable the rapid …