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This report presents the results of research conducted in Bangladesh by Microfinance Opportunities in collaboration with the Social Performance Task Force on the experiences of garment workers whose employers changed from paying them in cash to paying them digitally.
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 report summarizes the channels through which the knowledge and technological benefits of digital payments and digital IDs can catalyze change in the implementation of welfare initiatives and household decisions surrounding these programs. The authors highlight four open areas of…
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 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 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.
A discussion with UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance’s Private Sector Digital Innovation Lead Marjolaine Chaintreau and BSR’s HERproject Associate Director Chhavi Ghuliani on digital wages.
This case study presents how leading apparel companies have collaborated with each other on the BSR HERfinance programme to improve worker well-being through payroll digitization.