entry in an industry (like that of digital platforms) where customers face switching costs and enjoy network externalities …

. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated greater dependence on digital banking technologies, the lack of cohesive …

Our paper analyzes the causal impact of access to mass media on the adoption of clean cooking fuel in rural India …. Using the 78th round of the National Sample Survey of India, we find that overall access to mass media increases the … push SMSs sent per capita through the Government of India's Mobile Seva platform. Given the recent drive by the government …

India with one person dying every 40 seconds due to suicide with 16.5 suicides per 100,000 people. In 2017, around 200 … million people were suffering from mental illness in India. The COVID-19 pandemic has even worsened the mental health … telecommunications provide an apt opportunity for India to fill the large gap that exists in the provision of mental healthcare services …

and Tencent, which started in digital payments but have branched out into other bank-like services, such as investment … state of digital payments in the PRC, including the role of non-banking platforms, such as Ant Group's Alipay and Tencent … products and loans. At the same time, the People's Bank of China (PBC) has been developing a central bank digital currency …

telephony seeks to address the inefficiencies of the dominance of cash payments. While this is a necessary step, it can only be …

The COVID-19 crisis created conditions for digital finance to accelerate financial inclusion in the Philippines … adoption of digital finance as a strong driver. This paper empirically investigates this episode (and conjecture) by focusing … chronicles and examines the evolution of the digital finance industry and the corresponding changes in financial supervision and …