SmartLessons is an IFC lessons and awards program sponsored by the Global Knowledge and Learning Office. The Program encourages and enables staff to share lessons learned in development operations. SmartLessons
This paper shows that taxation on mobile phone airtime and financial transactions may not expand the tax base significantly but, rather, may reverse the gains on retail electronic payments and
This document shares what has been learned about the effectiveness of specific interventions piloted in the Rural Finance Best Practices (RuFBeP) project by IFAD and APRACA with a view to
This report presents an update to the findings of previous GSMA research on the mobile gender gap conducted in 2015 and 2018 in low, lower-middle and upper-middle income countries. Some
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SmartLessons is an IFC lessons and awards program sponsored by the Global Knowledge and Learning Office. The Program encourages and enables staff to share lessons learned in development operations. SmartLessons
Taxing Mobile Phone Transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya
This paper shows that taxation on mobile phone airtime and financial transactions may not expand the tax base significantly but, rather, may reverse the gains on retail electronic payments and
Tell-Tale Signs Finance Farming is Ready to Scale: Demonstrated Impact of Pilot Projects in China, Indonesia and the Philippines
This document shares what has been learned about the effectiveness of specific interventions piloted in the Rural Finance Best Practices (RuFBeP) project by IFAD and APRACA with a view to
The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2019
This report presents an update to the findings of previous GSMA research on the mobile gender gap conducted in 2015 and 2018 in low, lower-middle and upper-middle income countries. Some