DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS - Can Digital G2P Payments Increase Financial Inclusion and Empower Women? Evidence from PESP in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Primary Education Stipend Program (PESP) provides stipends for 13 million primary schoolchildren to 10 million mothers. In 2017 the method of payment changed from cash to mobile money. This study considers the experience of the mothers with the shift to mobile money.

date: 01/03/2023

Keywords: gender equality, women empowerment, digitalisation, mobile money, children, primary education, Bangladesh

Publisher: CGD - Policy Papers no. 284
Publication date: Feb 2023
Language: EN

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

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