Davos 2017 - Press Conference: The Future of Humanitarian Payments
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2017-01-19

http://www.weforum.org/
E-payments can make the delivery of cash disbursements more secure, cost- effective, faster and more convenient. In the context of humanitarian crises, digital payments offer recipients choice and can help stimulate the local economy, in addition to helping individuals better manage risk and access financial services for an extended period of time. To fully realize the benefits of new technologies and achieve scale, guidelines on the relationship between humanitarian and private sector actors to deliver digital payments must be developed. A new report produced by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the private sector and the humanitarian community, delivers six principles for public-private cooperation in humanitarian payments, providing a practical framework to facilitate effective and efficient disbursement of digital cash payments to crisis-affected populations.

- Stephen O'Brien, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- Mats Granryd, Director-General, GSMA
- Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Moderated by
- Georg Schmitt, Media Lead, Corporate Affairs and Foundations, World Economic Forum