NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Ending poverty and hunger, achieving universal access to education, health care, energy, and water; targets that would have seemed inconceivable in recent memory are now within reach. Yet meeting this ambitious agenda will require new paradigms for connecting markets and people that have been historically overlooked. Digital payments are at the core of the most successful new models for reaching last-mile customers, enabling businesses and governments to link under-served households with essential services.