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Public Financial Management and the Digitalization of Payments

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  • Marco Cangiano

    (Overseas Development Institute)

  • Alan Gelb

    (Center for Global Development)

  • Ruth Goodwin-Groen

    (Better Than Cash Alliance)

Abstract

The ability of digital payments to deliver better outcomes for governments, businesses, and individuals—including driving financial inclusion—has been one of the success stories of the digital age. Payments are central to how governments transfer and receive financial resources; however, the way such payments are made—and how they could be made more effectively—is often not mainstreamed in public financial management (PFM) despite the fact that many of the direct benefits from effective digitalization of payments are identitical to those traditionally expected from strong PFM systems.The digitalization of payments does not provide a silver bullet for solving PFM problems; therefore it needs to be approached in an integrated way, with strong leadership from central agencies, including the Ministry of Finance, to exploit the synergies between the many different types of payments facilitated by digital technology. The paper explores the linkages between the digitalization of payments and PFM, including through four case studies.

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  • Marco Cangiano & Alan Gelb & Ruth Goodwin-Groen, 2019. "Public Financial Management and the Digitalization of Payments," Policy Papers 144, Center for Global Development.
    • Handle: RePEc:cgd:ppaper:144
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