The rise in digital financial services (DFS), including the use of mobile money, has placed a sharper focus on women as an underserved and untapped customer segment from both the international development and fintech product perspectives. Basing our discussion on the Level One Principles, we...

Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower through participation, transparency, and accountability and if so, under which conditions? Theory and practice demonstrate that technologies can empower citizens to hold governments and international donors accountable, but true...

Enhanced transparency, accountability, and government or donor responsiveness to people needs are imperative to achieve better and more sustainable development results on the ground. The rapid spread of new technologies is transforming the daily lives of millions of poor people around the world...