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COVID-19: Accelerating the Use of Digital Agriculture
This report provides insights on the adoption of digital agriculture and how it can be accelerated in light of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digitizing Workers' Payments for Economic Recovery and Decent Work
This study offers a unique perspective by comparing concrete experiences of large companies to small and medium enterprises.
From Cash to Digital Wage Payments in the Philippines: Win-Win for Enterprises and Women Employees
This research study analyzes the financial behaviors and attitudes of Filipino workers and the benefits and challenges for enterprises and workers to move from cash to digital wage payments.
Inclusive Digital Agriculture
This report provides evidence of the barriers facing farmers with disabilities in the agricultural value chain in low and middle-income countries, and explores opportunities to support disability inclusion in agriculture through digital tools including digital financial services.
Platform Workers and Financial Services
This deck synthesizes insights from a survey of existing literature and consultations with experts and highlights opportunities and risks for workers as well as gaps in the evidence base around the livelihoods of platform workers.
2021 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money
This annual flagship report provides supply-side data and insights from the mobile money industry.
Agricultural “Platforms” in a Digital Era: Defining the Landscape
This report draws upon decades of academic and business research to extrapolate lessons that can guide the early emergence of agricultural platforms.
Challenging Exclusion: Refugees' Uptake of Mobile Money
This research investigates the appetite of female refugees in Jordan towards mobile money and studies their behavior to better cater to their needs in collaboration with sector players.
Digital Extension Services Improve Farmer Productivity in Uganda
This case study answers the question of whether digital technologies can act as a catalyst in unlocking market constraints with the sole aim of creating the desired impact among the last mile.
Digital Financial Inclusion in Emerging and Developing Economies: A New Index
This paper aims to fill this gap in the existing literature by incorporating both measures of access to and usage of financial services industry into the measurement of financial inclusion.