All Publications
Digital Payments, Informality and Economic Growth
This study examines the relationship between digital payment adoption and growth, productivity and informal labor in 101 economies from 2014 to 2019.
Digital Payments and the COVID-19 Shock: The Role of Preexisting Conditions in Banking, Infrastructure, Human Capabilities, and Digital Regulation
This paper investigates how the use of digital payments and financial services expanded during and after COVID-19 and looks into the driving factors for that expansion.
Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion: Tools for Supervisors
This Technical Guide was created to provide practical guidance and set strong foundations for digital financial services supervision.
Financial Confidence Playbook
This Playbook offers a design guide for product teams and research organizations focused on digital financial services for the last mile.
Understanding Women Micro-Entrepreneurs’ Use of Mobile Phones for Business
This report provides new data and insights from 10 low- and middle-income countries on the use of mobile phones by women micro-entrepreneurs and the challenges that prevent them from using mobile services for business.
Digitally Enabled Climate Finance
This report provides emerging insights on the role of mobile and digital technology in accessing and delivering climate finance in low- and middle-income countries.
Global Landscape: Data Trails of Digitally Included Poor (DIP) People
This reading deck puts a spotlight on the specific data trails generated by digitally included yet poor people, the sources of these data trails, and variations of data trails across different segmentations.
Central Bank Digital Currency and Financial Inclusion
This publication develops a model which incorporates the impact of financial inclusion to study the implications of introducing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Empowering Women Micro-Entrepreneurs Through Mobile
This landscape report sheds light on how women micro-entrepreneurs use mobile for business in low- and middle-income countries.
Igniting SDG Progress Through Digital Financial Inclusion
This edition of SDG Progress provides extensive evidence-based examples of the benefits of digital financial services for the 13 relevant Sustainable Development Goals with a stronger focus on women and climate change.