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Wage digitization in the apparel industry is just in its infancy but is quickly gaining traction as more and more owners see the benefits with the model. However, in order for the adoption to increase, there are certain challenges to…
This action plan explores how ready-made garment factories and mobile financial service providers in Bangladesh can collaborate in digitizing the salary disbursement process for workers.
This slide deck discusses the impact of wage digitization and financial literacy in four factories in Bangladesh on the uptake of mobile money by neighbourhood residents and merchants, comparing baseline and endline surveys for an intervention led by Business for…
This slide deck presents the results of a rapid assessment on electronic payment in Thai fishing, conducted in January/February 2019, approximately six months after bank account requirement came into force.
This report shares the results from a recent landscaping exercise that identifies the constraints to effectively serving Bihari women through National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), India’s largest safety net program for rural households. The report is structured in line…
This post describes five good practices to facilitate collective change, based on a partnership between Synergos and leading fashion brands to increase wage digitization in Bangladesh’s garment manufacturing sector.
Informality trends across labour markets are likely to be affected by the rising diffusion of technology in many ways. On the one hand, there are apprehensions concerning the risks of job losses due to increasing automation of production processes and…
This study examines the dynamics of workplace dignity in the context of Indian security guards deployed as contract labour by private suppliers, recognizing that security guards’ jobs were marked by easy access, low status, disrespect and precariousness. The experiences of…
This report examines the opportunity to expand financial inclusion for women in India’s garment sector by increasing women’s access to and use of mobile financial products and services.
This report highlights the opportunities, problems, and challenges related to women’s financial inclusion through the adoption of mobile financial services in Bangladesh, based on a nationally representative survey of 2,000 women mobile financial services (MFS) users and 2,000 women non-users…