Togo was able to affectively reach the urban informall sector with a fully digital social assistance program, Novissi. The denser telecommunications and financial networks found in cities better facilitated...
The COVID-19 response in many Sub-Saharan African countries included the rapid deployment of social protection programs leveraging digital systems to counteract the income losses that were disproportionately...
Mozambique employed both digital and cash social assistance payments as part of its COVID-19 response. Direct provision of cell phones and mobile money accounts favored vulnerable groups. However, digital...
To provide assistance related to COVID-19 and to inform future shock response, Nigeria piloted digital delivery of a cash transfer program geared toward reaching the urban informal. The pilot made use...