Stakeholders debate how to improve financial inclusion with digital public infrastructure

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects, including digital IDs, are gaining more ground as part of the fight against poverty. During UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Action Week in September, global stakeholders promised to raise $400 million for DPI projects before 2030.

This week saw an update on an ambitious digital ID project for financial inclusion in Africa while experts from the Global South called for more funding, increased transparency and better infrastructure in order to fast-track DPI projects.

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