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Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
Over the past decades, the dissemination of technology and digital infrastructures has opened up new and seemingly unparalleled opportunities for sustained growth and innovation. Markets have become more interconnected, digital products and services have mushroomed around the world, and digital…
To understand the challenges in wage digitization in garments sector, in the midst of a global pandemic, the principal conveners of the Digital Wages Summit 2019 under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh strived to understand the challenges of…
Qatar, Philippines and ILO showcase digital wage payment solutions for decent work, at UN STI Forum
In the absence of regulatory guardrails, some earned wage access programs can perpetuate, and in some instances exacerbate, the very risks providers claim to eliminate when displacing short-term creditors like payday lenders. This article proposes a federal-level regulatory framework based…
This report provides recommendations to make credible advances on responsible payments digitization for workers in Senegal, with an emphasis on raising awareness of the benefits and costs amongst key stakeholders, promoting trust and fair digital payment standards, introducing targeted incentives…
This article analyses the earned wage access market, assesses the likelihood that it will displace payday lending, and reveals some of the dangers lurking beneath the low-cost surface of these transactions. It argues that earned wage access products have the…
This webinar, organized by Better Factories Cambodia, featured speakers from the World Bank, Microfinance Opportunities, and BSR.
This research brief outlines key findings on the impact of mobile money on poverty. It shares evidence from a range of studies about the effects of mobile money on individuals and households and about the user experience of payment transfers…
This post discusses the introduction of the digitial yuan as a means of wage payment in China.