Digital-First Approach to Emergency Cash Transfers: Step-Kin in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Digital-First Approach to Emergency Cash Transfers: Step-Kin in the Democratic Republic of Congo

By Anit Mukherjee, Laura Bermeo, Yuko Okamura, Jimmy Vulembera, and Paul Bance

This study looks in depth at Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) approach to delivering emergency cash transfers: the Solidarity through Economic Transfers Against the Poverty in Kinshasa (STEP-KIN) program.

Despite Flaws, the 2020 U.S.-Taliban Deal Should Still Be Implemented

Despite Flaws, the 2020 U.S.-Taliban Deal Should Still Be Implemented

By Sadiq Amini

Despite the deal’s deep flaws, the Biden administration should still insist that the remaining parts of the deal be implemented; namely, intra-Afghan negotiations and the termination of support for foreign terrorist groups.

Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh

Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh

By Anit Mukherjee, Alan Gelb, and Brian Webster

This study considers the experience of the mothers with the shift to mobile money, and to the change in payments service provider that took place in 2019, through a survey of recipients and a control group.