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Contact us: digitalwages@ilo.org
Discover how wage payment methods can enhance savings and digital financial service usage through the testimony of Dora Candia, operations assistant at a tourism agency. The ILO’s Global Centre for Digital Wages for Decent Work woks with public and private…
On 20 February 2024, the Global Centre, Better Factories Cambodia and the Textile, Apparel, Footwear and Travel Goods Association in Cambodia organized the webinar “Promoting digital wage payments in the Cambodian garment sector”. This was an online side session as…
This set of six posters in eight languages provides information about financial services and financial management. The posters follow RISE Transform Financial Health curriculum and can be used during training or directly by factories.
Migrant workers contribute to growth and development in destination and origin countries. Yet migrant workers often face challenges and risks including limited access to affordable remittance and other financial services, late or non-payment of wages, and inadequate legal and social…
This article explores how wage digitization during the COVID-19 pandemic increased women’s financial account ownership but faced challenges in usage, especially in countries like Bangladesh. Despite positive perceptions, women lacked training, encountered merchant acceptance issues, and struggled in a cash-based…
This report sets out the results from RISE supporting 17 garment factories in Cambodia with over 25,000 workers (85 per cent women) with wage digitalization and enabling workers to access, use and benefit from their accounts.
The ILO Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK), and the Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO) brought together financial and payroll service providers from the Greater Jakarta Area for the workshop “Advancing an inclusive financial…
The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages discussed promoting digital payments in the Philippines. Meetings with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Labour and Employment emphasized collaboration for responsible digital wage payments. The Department of Trade and…
In this interview, Leora Klapper, Lead Economist at the World Bank and a Steering Committee Member of our Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work shares insights on barriers, opportunities, and recommendations for the transition to responsible digital wage…
In Kenya, 78 per cent of wage earners now receive digital payments, a remarkable increase from 55 per cent in 2014, thanks to mobile money innovations. However, challenges remain in transitioning from cash wages to responsible digital payments. Together with…