Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
HERfinance Digital Wages Curriculum contains a collection of 90-minute training modules and materials on different financial topics designed for the factory setting to be used during the transition from cash to digital wages and to improve financial health.
Millions of garment workers and their families are severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries where with social protection systems are underdeveloped. Around the world, several governments are leading by example by implementing policy and regulatory changes that…
This post discusses opportunities for fintech to capitalize on wage digitization efforts in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry and develop innovative health financing solutions.
This post highlights the importance of considering and addressing the barriers and challenges that prevent women from enjoying the full benefits of wage digitization.
This blog post presents findings from interviews conducted over the phone with a pool of 894 workers employed in factories spread across the five main industrial areas of Bangladesh (Chittagong, Dhaka City, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Savar) who reported being paid…
This brief describes the results of a joint IFC and Bangladesh Bank initiative that developed the business case for electronic wage payments in Bangladesh’s garment sector to increase women’s financial inclusion.
This post highlights the importance of awareness-raising and education around wage digitization to address workers’ concerns, based on a collaboration of Microfinance Opportunities and the Social Performance Task Force with garment workers in Bangladesh.
RISE Digital Wages Toolkit is a technology tool developed with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, to support managers to transition from cash to digital wages, considering the needs of female workers.
This report evidences HERfinance Digital Wages Programme’s benefits for factories and workers via increased efficiency, financial inclusion, and women’s economic empowerment. It uses two data sources: HERfinance Digital Wages survey data collected from 64 factories through 4,076 baseline surveys and…
This blog post considers the importance of wage digitization for women’s financial inclusion and raises questions for discussion at BRAC’s Frugal Innovation Forum.