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G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of the Philippines in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Egypt in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of South Africa in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Jordan in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Colombia in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Peru in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Ecuador in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Pakistan in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

G2PX is an initiative within the World Bank Group that seeks to improve government-to-people payments through digitization, in part by identifying best practices throughout the developing world. In this country study, G2PX examines the experience of Brazil in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

M-PESA allows users to send and receive money through SMS messages. This IPA summary outlines one of the first studies examining the long-term effect access to M-PESA has on individuals, finding that in areas where M-PESA became more accessible, women were more likely to switch from farming to business occupations and to save more. It estimates that 185,000 women changed occupations, and 194,000 households, primarily female-headed households, were lifted above...