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Lea el artículo en español aquí. According to the 2024 Permanent National Employment Survey, nearly 80 percent of employment in the Ucayali region in Peru is informal. Within the small formal sector, more than 50 percent of salaried workers in…

While digital payments have become ubiquitous across China, our newly released research brief reveals that some factory workers are still paid in cash, highlighting key barriers slowing the transition to digital wage payments in the manufacturing sector. Despite China’s rapid…

EWA an innovative solution that lets workers access part of their earned wages before payday — and it is starting to reshape how we think about payroll and financial well-being. In our recently published report, we explore the benefits, risks,…

The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work is proud to announce the launch of its second phase (2025-2027), building upon the successes of its foundational efforts from 2020 to 2024. With support from the…

Our new animated video, available in Arabic, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, illustrates how to digitize wage payments responsibly, the benefits of wage digitization and the issues to consider when introducing a responsible transition.

In our recently published report, “Scaling up digital wages: Lessons and challenges from India’s enabling environment”, we identify nine key factors driving the rapid adoption of digital wages in India — ranging from digital ID integration and universal bank access…

In early 2023, within the bustling special economic zone of Sihanoukville — a coastal province in Cambodia where over 30 factories operate — digital wage payments were seldom used. Today, around 50 percent of these factories have embraced this method…

The ILO and APINDO join forces to promote the transition from cash to responsible digital wage payments by signing a Collaboration Agreement. This will enable Indonesian workers to have better control over their wages and benefits. The collaboration focuses on…

Our new series of videos features Steering Committee members of the Global Centre Tidhar Wald (former Managing Director, Better Than Cash Alliance), Daniel Kostzer (Chief Economist, International Trade Union Confederation) and Maria May (Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation). They discuss…

The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work continues its engagement of Philippine national government agencies – the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP, the Philippine central bank), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of…