How digital payments can help countries cope with COVID-19, other pandemics: Lessons from China
Digital payments, popularized after SARS, fueled the growth of new companies in China, such as delivery company Ele.me, and its corporate parent Alibaba. Image: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Yan Xiao
Project Lead, Digital Trade, World Economic Forum
Martin Chorzempa
Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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