Market Analysis

Field Note #11 Granting Access: Leveraging Social Payments to Expand Digital Financial Inclusion in Cote d’Ivoire

December 20, 2018

Granting Access: Leveraging Social Payments to Expand Digital Financial Inclusion in Cote d’Ivoirecaptures the experience of piloting digital social grant payments in Cote d’Ivoire and concludes that merely paying social benefits into a digital account is not sufficient to lead to lasting financial inclusion, but that coupled with additional activities such as financial literacy campaigns and expanded agent networks it can have a positive impact on expanding adoption of digital financial services the poorest.