The Opportunities of Digitizing Payments

Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe

The Opportunities of Digitizing Payments

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2014-08-28

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Klapper, Leora

Singer, Dorothe

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The G20 s focus on financial inclusion directly contributes to its core goal of achieving strong, sustainable, and balanced growth. Studies show that broader access to and participation in the financial system can reduce income inequality, boost job creation, accelerate consumption, increase investments in human capital, and directly help poor people manage risk and absorb financial shocks.

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“Klapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe. 2014. The Opportunities of Digitizing Payments. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/19917 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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