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In light of the global trend towards digital payments, the importance of digital wages is on the rise. This interview by the Asia Garment Hub features Virak Nuon, our Digital Wage Officer, based at Better Factories Cambodia, talking about how…
The benefits of digital wage payments, reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic and an improving financial infrastructure, have encouraged garment factories in Cambodia to move from cash to digital. Yet, many other factories still need to make the switch. In this…
Many garment workers face challenges when they first get their wages through a bank account. There are challenges for employers too as they must ensure that the switch from cash to digital wage payments takes place, responsibly so that it…
The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Indonesia and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (APINDO), hosted a stakeholder meeting on promoting responsible digital wage payments for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Better Factories Cambodia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia and the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, hosted a one-day workshop on promoting responsible digital wage payments in Cambodia’s garment industry.
This trainee’s booklet supports participants in the ILO Financial Education course. It targets workers in the garment factories in Cambodia who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting…
This ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet, developed with support from Better Work Jordan, supports training participants throughout their learning journey. It primarily targets local and migrant workers, employed in factories of Jordan, who wish to improve their money management. This…
This entry relates the wage digitization experience of the garment industry in Cambodia, highlighting how digital wage payments can help workers by reducing vulnerability to theft and empowering women through enhanced control over household financial decisions.
This entry relates the wage digitization experience of Horseware Products (Cambodia) Co., Ltd , a horse ware production factory employing 215 workers in Sihanoukville, on the Cambodian coast.
This report assesses the contribution of digital financial services to the economic empowerment and financial inclusion of women workers in the ready-made-garments sector of Bangladesh from May 2020 until December 2021.