Harnessing COVID-19’s digital dividend to finance the Sustainable Development Goals

Sep 23, 2020

A woman shows a screen of her smartphone, where Access bank mobile app is seen among others, in Abuja, Nigeria September 21, 2020. Picture taken September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC2S3J9JGH63

Disruption creates an opportunity to harness digital to deliver citizen-centric finance – and the SDGs. Image: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Simon Zadek

Principal, Project Catalyst, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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