Governments and funders worldwide are responding to the severe economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic by delivering social assistance payments to families and individuals.1 Increasingly, they are turning to digital delivery for disbursements, which has...
Read More
Most government transfers in Zambia are made through traditional cash distribution systems. From its onset, MCDSS recognized the logistical challenges of continuing with this familiar approach and saw the added benefits for a largely financially excluded...
Read More
Access to Information (A2i) is a cross-government agency that seeks to improve government service. A2i is housed at the Prime Minister’s Office and focuses on advancing technology-led solutions for government services. Their goal was to reinvent both...
Read More
In this case study, the authors examine how the Inua Jamii program gradually introduced payments digitization, then chose to design a program that has successfully scaled to reach the most vulnerable groups in Kenya. It looks at how the Kenyan government...
Read More
One of the most difficulties to deal with poverty it is its multi-level presence. People who are poor have not only a low incoming, but they also do not have access to health, education. However, universal cash transfers has been not responsible, because they...
Read More
